{"product_id":"augustines-city-of-god-a-readers-guide-9780198841241","title":"Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide","description":"b The most influential of Augustine's works, iCity of God\/i played a decisive role in the formation of the Christian West. \/b \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAugustine wrote \u003cem\u003eCity of God\u003c\/em\u003e in the aftermath of the Gothic sack of Rome in AD 410, at a time of rapid Christianization across the Roman Empire. Gerard O'Daly's book remains the most comprehensive modern guide in any language to this seminal work of European literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this new and extensively revised edition, O'Daly takes into account the abundant scholarship on Augustine in the twenty years since its first publication, while retaining the book's focus on Augustine as a writer in the Latin tradition. He explores the many themes of \u003cem\u003eCity of God\u003c\/em\u003e, which include cosmology, political thought, anti-pagan polemic, Christian apologetic, theory of history, and biblical interpretation. This guide, therefore, is about a single literary masterpiece, yet at the same time it surveys Augustine's developing views through the whole range of his thought. As well as a running commentary on each part of the work, O'Daly provides chapters on the themes of the work, a bibliographical guide to research on its reception, translations of any Greek and Latin texts discussed, and detailed suggestions for further reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerard O'Daly, \u003cem\u003eEmeritus Professor of Latin, University College London\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerard O'Daly read Classics at University College Dublin and has a doctorate in Plotinus from Berne University, Switzerland. Now retired, Gerard O'Daly has taught at the Universities of Lancaster, Würzburg, and Nottingham. He is a former Professor of Latin at University College London and former Dean of its Faculty of Arts and Humanities. His research focuses on philosophy and literature in the Roman Empire between AD 200 and 500.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376953790738,"sku":"9780198841241","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f537c92-2953-48b7-86f0-a761aadb80c0.jpg?v=1728611841","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/augustines-city-of-god-a-readers-guide-9780198841241","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}