Commentary on Augustine City of God, Books 1-5

This authoritative English-language commentary discusses Books 1-5, in which Augustine argued that Rome suffered worse disasters before Christianity was known; that empire depends on injustice; and that everything depends on the will of the true God, not on the many gods of Roman tradition.

List of contents

• References and how to find them


• Introduction to Books 1-5


• Book 1


• - Introduction to Book 1


• - Commentary


• Book 2


• - Introduction to Book 2


• - Commentary


• Book 3


• - Introduction to Book 3


• - Commentary


• Book 4


• - Introduction to Book 4


• - Commentary


• Book 5


• - Introduction to Book 5


• - Commentary


• Bibliography

About the author

Renowned scholar Gillian Clark is an alumna and former JRF of Somerville College, Oxford. Her research field is late antiquity/early Christian studies. She taught Classics and Early Church History for several universities before moving from Liverpool to the chair of Ancient History at the University of Bristol, where she is now Emerita and Senior Research Fellow. She is the series editor of Oxford Early Christian Studies/Texts (with Andrew Louth) and Translated Texts for Historians 300-800 (with Mary Whitby and Mark Humphries).

Summary

This authoritative English-language commentary discusses Books 1-5, in which Augustine argued that Rome suffered worse disasters before Christianity was known; that empire depends on injustice; and that everything depends on the will of the true God, not on the many gods of Roman tradition.

Additional text

an important work of western tradition

Product details

• Authors: Gillian (University of Bristol) Clark
• Assisted by: Clark (Editor), Gillian Clark (Editor), Gillian (University of Bristol) Clark (Editor), Clark Gillian (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780198870074
• ISBN: 978-0-19-887007-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; HISTORY / Ancient / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Political science & theory, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Classical texts, Ancient History, Political science and theory, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Ancient, classical and medieval texts