Table Of Contentthe cambridge companion to
AUGUSTINE’S CITY OF GOD
AugustineofHippo’sTheCityofGodisgenerallyconsideredtobeone
ofthekeyworksofLateAntiquity.Writteninresponsetoallegations
that Christianity had brought about the decline of Rome, Augustine
here explores themes in history, political science, and Christian the-
ology,andarguesforthetruthofChristianityovercompetingreligions
andphilosophies.ThisCompanionvolumeincludesspeciallycommis-
sioned essays by an international team of scholars that provide new
insights intoThe City of God.Offering commentary on each ofthis
massivework’stwenty-twobooks,theysequentiallyandsystematically
exploreTheCityofGodasawhole.Collectively,theseessaysdemon-
strate the development and coherence of Augustine’s argument. The
volume will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of
ancient and contemporary theology, philosophy, cultural studies, and
politicaltheory.
Fr.DavidVincentMeconi,S.J.,Liz.Theol.,D.Phil.(Oxon.)isProfessor
of Theology and the Director of the Catholic Studies Centre at Saint
Louis University. He has published widely on the early Church; his
most recent works includePeter Chrysologus(2020);The Cambridge
Companion to St. Augustine(2014); andAugustine On Self-Harm,
Narcissism,Atonement,andtheVulnerableChrist(2019).
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cambridge companions to religion
Thisisaseriesofcompanionstomajortopicsandkeyfiguresintheologyand
religiousstudies.Eachvolumecontainsspeciallycommissionedchaptersby
internationalscholars,whichprovideanaccessibleandstimulatingintroduction
tothesubjectfornewreadersandnonspecialists.
OtherTitlesintheSeries
americancatholicism EditedbyMargaretM.McGuinnessandThomasF.
Rzeznick
americanislam EditedbyJulianeHammerandOmidSafi
americanjudaism EditedbyDanaEvanKaplan
americanmethodism EditedbyJasonE.Vickers
ancientmediterraneanreligions EditedbyBarbetteStanleySpaeth
apocalypticliterature EditedbyColinMcAllister
augustine’s“confessions” EditedbyTarmoToom
karlbarth EditedbyJohnWebster
thebible,2ndedition EditedbyBruceChilton
thebibleandliterature EditedbyCalumCarmichael
biblicalinterpretation EditedbyJohnBarton
blacktheology EditedbyDwightN.HopkinsandEdwardP.Antonio
dietrichbonhoeffer EditedbyJohndeGruchy
johncalvin EditedbyDonaldK.McKim
christiandoctrine EditedbyColinGunton
christianethics EditedbyRobinGill
christianmysticism EditedbyAmyHollywoodandPatriciaZ.Beckman
christianphilosophicaltheology EditedbyCharlesTaliaferroandChad
V.Meister
christianpoliticaltheologyEditedbyCraigHoveyandElizabethPhillips
thecisterianorder EditedbyMetteBirkedalBruun
classicalislamictheology EditedbyTimWinter
jonathanedwards EditedbyStephenJ.Stein
evangelicaltheology EditedbyTimothyLarsenandDanielJ.Treier
feministtheology EditedbySusanFrankParsons
francisofassisi EditedbyMichaelJ.P.Robson
thegospels EditedbyStephenC.Barton
thehebrewbible/oldtestamentEditedbyStephenB.ChapmanandMarvin
A.Sweeney
hebrewbibleandethics EditedbyC.L.Crouch
thejesuits EditedbyThomasWorcester
jesus EditedbyMarkusBockmuehl
judaismandlaw EditedbyChristineHayes
c.s.lewis EditedbyRobertMacSwainandMichaelWard
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the cambridge companion to
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AUGUSTINE S CITY OF GOD
Edited by
Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J.
SaintLouisUniversity
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Contents
NotesonContributors pagexi
Preface xv
ListofAbbreviations xvii
1 Introduction 1
davidvincent meconi, s.j.
2 Book1.TheCrumblingandConsecration
ofRome 19
davidvincent meconi, s.j.
3 Book2.AugustineonReligion
withoutMorality 39
oliver o’donovan
4 Book3.Rome’sWoesbeforeChrist:History
andRhetoricinTheCityofGod 53
christian tornau
5 Books4&5.RomanReligionand
JustPower 81
dean hammer
6 Books6&7.Nature,Convention,Civil
Religion,andPolitics 102
mary m. keys
7 Books8–10.AugustineandPlatonism 122
mark edwards
8 Books11&12.AngelsandDemons:
TheEternalFramingoftheTwoCities 145
james wetzel
9 Books13&14.TheIncomprehensibilityof
theFallandItsConsequences
forHumanity 167
mathijs lamberigts
ix
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x contents
10 Books15&16.Genesis,Paul,andSalvation
HistoryfortheCitizensofGod’sCity 188
jonathan p. yates
11 Books17&18.ProphecyasProofin
Augustine’sCityofGod 211
michael sweeney
12 Book19.TheEndsoftheTwoCities:
Augustine’sAppealforPeace 228
andrew hofer, o.p.
13 Book20.TheLastDay:Judgment,
Purification,andTransformation 251
isabel moreira
14 Books21&22.TheEndoftheBody:Heaven
andHellinTheCityofGod 276
david g. hunter
15 Epilogue.TheArchitectonicPlanofThe
CityofGod 297
john c. cavadini
References 321
Index 339
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