Rethinking Augustine's Early Theology: An Argument for Continuity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199543649)

Carol Harrison counters the assumption that Augustine of Hippo's (354-430) theology underwent a revolutionary transformation around the time he was consecrated Bishop in 396. Instead, she argues, there is a fundamental continuity in his thought and practice from the moment of his conversion in 386. The book thereby challenges the general scholarly trend to begin reading Augustine with his Confessions (396), which were begun ten years after his conversion, and refocuses attention on his earlier works, which undergird his whole theological system.

Author: Carol Harrison
ISBN-10: 019954364X
ISBN-13: 9780199543649
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d