Augustine And History

Author : Christopher T. Daly
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739122716
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Augustine and History written by Christopher T. Daly and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Augustine and History relates history to Augustine's thoughts, life, and writings in several distinct, but connected, ways. The essays place Augustine in his historical context, analyze his own theory and practice of historiography, and examine his impact on later historians and controversies. Augustine's intellect and influence are elaborated in contexts as disparate as the Fall of Rome, debates on the death penalty, and even the reactions to 9/11. This collection of scholarly essays is excellent for a wide-ranging academic audience.

Author : Garry Wills
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691217645
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Augustine's Confessions written by Garry Wills and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pulitzer Prize–winner Garry Wills, the story of Augustine’s Confessions In this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the Confessions--what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the one-and-a-half millennia since it was composed. Following Wills's biography of Augustine and his translation of the Confessions, this is an unparalleled introduction to one of the most important books in the Christian and Western traditions. Understandably fascinated by the story of Augustine's life, modern readers have largely succumbed to the temptation to read the Confessions as autobiography. But, Wills argues, this is a mistake. The book is not autobiography but rather a long prayer, suffused with the language of Scripture and addressed to God, not man. Augustine tells the story of his life not for its own significance but in order to discern how, as a drama of sin and salvation leading to God, it fits into sacred history. "We have to read Augustine as we do Dante," Wills writes, "alert to rich layer upon layer of Scriptural and theological symbolism." Wills also addresses the long afterlife of the book, from controversy in its own time and relative neglect during the Middle Ages to a renewed prominence beginning in the fourteenth century and persisting to today, when the Confessions has become an object of interest not just for Christians but also historians, philosophers, psychiatrists, and literary critics. With unmatched clarity and skill, Wills strips away the centuries of misunderstanding that have accumulated around Augustine's spiritual classic.

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Saint Augustine written by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Rajtar
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540218087
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Historic St. Augustine, Florida written by Steve Rajtar and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Drew Sappington
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540205766
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden History of St. Augustine written by Drew Sappington and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With St. Augustine s 450th anniversary comes this new collection of seldom-heard stories from the Ancient City s past. Discover how a single guard boat thwarted a pirate fleet attack with a diversionary fife-and-drum performance and how the mere act of a Spanish ship captain lopping off the ear of a British merchant sparked the War of Jenkins Ear. From Spanish dons to barking Methodists and all the outrageous characters in between, master storyteller Drew Sappington entertains as he puts the story back in history through this fast and funny tour of Florida s hidden past."

Author : John Michael Francis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782746832206
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book St Augustine, America's First City written by John Michael Francis and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R. A. Markus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521368551
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saeculum written by R. A. Markus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main concern of this book is with those aspects of Augustine's thought which help to answer questions about the purpose of human society.

Author : William W. Dewhurst
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Saint Augustine, Florida written by William W. Dewhurst and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The History of Saint Augustine, Florida" by William W. Dewhurst. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : William Whitwell Dewhurst
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Saint Augustine, Florida written by William Whitwell Dewhurst and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rodney Carlisle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561647314
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book St Augustine in History written by Rodney Carlisle and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Augustine, America's oldest continuously occupied city, is a unique and enchanting travel destination. This book presents more than 70 sites in their historical context. From the famed Fountain of Youth to the Castillo de San Marcos, from the Old City Jail to Henry Flagler's three beautiful hotels, from the Oldest House to Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, St. Augustine has 500 years of history waiting to be explored. Arranged in chronological order, this book offers a digestible description of each of the city's main time periods, from 1513 to the present, and then describes associated attractions you can visit today. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series