The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine

Editor-in-chief Karla Pollmann
Edited by Willemien Otten

Contains 600 interdisciplinary entries from a broad range of international scholars on the reception of the thought and work of Augustine of Hippo.
Accessible volumes which provide references to both primary and secondary sources, and in which all quotes are translated into English.
Contains a section on the extant works of Augustine, which are documented in light of the most recent scholarship and research.

The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine

Editor-in-chief Karla Pollmann
Edited by Willemien Otten

Description

The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (OGHRA) is a ground-breaking international and interdisciplinary enterprise on the impact of the thought and work of Augustine of Hippo (AD 354 - 430). 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.

OGHRA maps this 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, psychotherapy, religion, and popular culture. Beginning with a detailed introduction, it offers chapter-length discussions and contextualization on the general characteristics of Augustine's reception in various periods, as well as on specific themes as wide-ranging as Islam and gender. OGHRA also surveys the material transmission and intellectual reception of almost all of Augustine's extant works, documented in the light of recent research. The largest part of the 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.

Edited by Karla Pollmann (Editor-in-Chief), in collaboration with Willemien Otten (Editor) and twenty co-editors, it contains high quality scholarship from over 400 international experts. Offering precise information, with references to both primary and secondary sources, this reference work is unique in the breadth of material covered. It aims to survey the legacy of Augustine and make it available both to specialists and readers from other fields who may be unfamiliar with the scope of his impact.

The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine

Editor-in-chief Karla Pollmann
Edited by Willemien Otten

Preface & Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
The Works of Augustine (Abbreviations, Dates)
List of General Abbreviations
General Introduction
1:The Proteanism of Authority, Karla Pollmann
2:The Making of Authority
Patterns of Augustine's Reception, 430-700: a Synthesis, David Lambert
The Reception of Augustine in the Early Middle Ages (700-1200): Presence, Absence, Reverence, and Other Modes of Appropriation, Willemien Otten
Augustine and his Late Medieval Appropriations (1200-1500), Eric Saak
3:Philology and Doctrinal Debate
The Medieval Manuscript Tradition of Augustine's works: An Overview from 400-1200, Jeremy Thompson
The Augustinian Renaissance: Textual Scholarship and Religious Identity in the Later Middle Ages (1200-1500), Eric Saak
Augustine in Renaissance Humanism, Arnoud Visser
The 'Confessionalization' of Augustine in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, Irena Backus
4:Augustine Beyond Theology and Back
Augustine in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Jean-Louis Quantin & Scott Mandelbrote
Augustines in the Long Nineteenth Century's Theology, Mark Elliott
The First Modern Person? Twentieth-Century Theological Reception of Augustine, Maarten Wisse
5:Other Augustine
'Late have I loved you': Augustine and Modern Literature, Peter Liebregts
Augustine in Black and African Theology, David Wilhite
Challenging Augustine in Feminist Theology and Gender Studies, Kari Børresen
Augustine and Islam, Daniel König
The Works of Augustine
Individuals and Themes
List of Contributors

The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine

Editor-in-chief Karla Pollmann
Edited by Willemien Otten

Author Information

Editor-in-chief Karla Pollmann, Professor of Classics and Head of the School of Humanities, University of Reading

Edited by Willemien Otten, Professor of the Theology and History of Christianity, The University of Chicago Divinity School

Karla Pollmann is Professor of Classics and Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Reading. She has published monographs on late antique poetry, Augustine's hermeneutics, and most recently a commentary, with introduction and text, on Statius, Thebaid 12 (Ferdinand Schöningh, 2004).

Contributors:

Editor-in-Chief: Karla Pollmann

Editor: Willemien Otten

Co-editors: James Andrews, Alexander Arweiler, Irena Backus, Silke-Petra Bergjan, Johannes Brachtendorf, Susann El Kholi, Mark Elliott, Susanne Gatzemeier, Paul van Geest, Bruce Gordon, David Lambert, Peter Liebregts, Hildegund Müller, Hilmar Pabel, Jean-Louis Quantin, Eric Saak, Lydia Schumacher, Arnoud Visser, Konrad Vössing, Jack Zupko.

The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine

Editor-in-chief Karla Pollmann
Edited by Willemien Otten

Reviews and Awards

"It is rare to find a reference work that has the potential to affect so many different areas of thought ... the Guide provides a much-needed update to earlier tomes on Augustine ... there are few guides as accomplished and noteworthy as this one." - Church History and Religious Culture

"Macy gives a brief, but helpful, introduction to the reception of Augustines sacramental theology, one that might be drawn upon in the ongoing conversation of broad sacramentality. A perfect example of the contemporary relevance of these volumes. Highly recommended." - Christopher R. Brewer, Transpositions

"a new indispensable reference work on the reception of Augustine ... it is recommended wholeheartedly, without reservations, and with great gratitude to all editors and contributors." - Tarmo Toom, Reviews in Religion and Theology

"remarkable ... a very high standard and are appreciably more comprehensive and coherent than most collective volumes now appearing." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review