New book: ‘The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine’
The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine is a ground-breaking international and interdisciplinary enterprise on the impact of the thought and work of Augustine of Hippo (AD 354 - 430). Among the 20 co-editors are Prof. Arnoud Visser and former UU scholar Willemien Otten (University of Chicago).
Arguably the most influential early Christian thinker in the Western part of the Roman Empire, Augustine's impact has reached further than the religious domain and he has become a veritable icon of western culture. This book maps his influence not just in theology, his traditional area of prominence, but far beyond, taking into account fields such as political theory, ethics, music, education, semiotics, literature, philosophy, psychology, religion, and popular culture.
The largest part of the three volumes comprises around 600 entries which describe, analyse, and evaluate Augustine's influence on a broad variety of key figures and themes through the ages, including material that has never been taken into scholarly consideration before. The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine contains contributions from over 400 international experts, including Utrecht University scholars Christoph Baumgartner, Hans van Stralen, Pieta van Beek, Dirk van Miert and Arnoud Visser.
- Title: The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine
- Authors: Karla Pollmann, Willemien Otten, Arnoud Visser et al. (red.)
- ISBN: 9780199299164
- Publisher: 2013, Oxford University Press