Augustine in context

Augustine in context and Augustine on context / Tarmo Toom

Part I. Life.

Biography in late antiquity / Arthur P. Urbano

Augustine on himself / Annemaré Kotzé

Possidius on Augustine / Erika T. Hermanowicz

Augustine in Roman North Africa (Thagaste, Carthage) / Gareth Sears

Augustine in higher society (Rome and Milan) / David M. Gwynn

Augustine as a bishop (Hippo) / Andrea Sterk

Part II. Literary and intellectual contexts.

Language / James Clackson

Classical literary culture in North Africa / W. Martin Bloomer

Education, grammar, and rhetoric / Yun Lee Too

Scripture and biblical commentaries / Stephen A. Cooper

Latin Christian literature I (polemical and theological writings) / Josef Lössl

Latin Christian literature II (moral and spiritual writings) / David G. Hunter

Letter writing and preaching / Jaclyn Maxwell

Philosophical trends in Augustine's time / Giovanni Catapano

Part III. Religious contexts.

Roman religion / Jeffrey Brodd

Manicheism / Nicholas Baker-Brian

Ecclesiological controversies / Alden Bass

Soteriological controversies / Dominic Keech

Trinitarian controversies / Mark Weedman

Monasticism/asceticism / Marilyn Dunn

Part IV. Political, social, and cultural contexts.

Imperial politics and legislation in Roman Africa / Dean Hammer

War / Alexander Sarantis

Religious violence / Despina Iosif

Relationships in Augustine's life / Geoffrey Nathan

Popular culture and entertainment / Jerry Toner

Part V. Reception.

Augustine's reception of himself / Johannes Brachtendorf

Reception of Augustine during his lifetime / Mathijs Lamberigts

Reception of Augustine in Hadrumetum and southern Gaul / Alexander Y. Hwang.