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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Christopher T. Daly; John Doody and Kim Paffenroth - Contributions by Peter Busch; James T. Carroll; Floy Doull; Marylu Hill; Gregory Hoskins; Kari Kloos; Andrew R. Murphy; David Peddle; Joseph Prud'homme; Harold Stone; Ruth Whelan and Paul R. W Klappentext Augustine and History places Augustine in his historical context, and traces his influence on later historians and debates. These scholarly essays are excellent for a wide-ranging academic audience. Zusammenfassung Augustine and History places Augustine in his historical context! and traces his influence on later historians and debates. These scholarly essays are excellent for a wide-ranging academic audience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 I. Augustine's Theory and Practice of Historiography Chapter 3 Chapter 1. On the Use and Disadvantage of History for the Afterlife Chapter 4 Chapter 2. History as Witness: Augustine's Interpretation of the History of Israel inContra Faustum andDe trinitate Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Augustine and the Rhetoric of Roman Decline Part 6 II. Augustine's Place in History Chapter 7 Chapter 4. He Promised Much and Did It All: Augustine and Historians Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Dissent and the Death Penalty: Developing a Comparative Perspective Chapter 9 Chapter 6. The Wage of Sin is Orthodoxy: TheConfessions of Saint Augustine in Bayle'sDictionnaire Part 10 III. Comparisons of Augustine and Later Historians Chapter 11 Chapter 7. Augustine and Hegel on the History of Rome Chapter 12 Chapter 8. A True History of Ourselves: Augustine, Carlyle, and the Case for Biography Chapter 13 Chapter 9. Augustine and Ricoeur on the Circle of Time and Narrative Chapter 14 Chapter 10. Book 18 ofThe City of God, Bianchini'sUniversal History and theNew Science of Vico Chapter 15 Chapter 11. Propaganda and the Pornography of Cataclysm: Augustine and Luigi Guicciardini'sThe Sack of Rome
