The Cambridge Companion to Augustine [Paperback]

This second edition of the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated with eleven new chapters and a new bibliography.This volume is a new edition of the earlier Cambridge Companion to Augustine, with eleven new essays, revised versions of others, and a comprehensive updated bibliography. It will be an ideal reference work for students as well as for scholars working in the field.This volume is a new edition of the earlier Cambridge Companion to Augustine, with eleven new essays, revised versions of others, and a comprehensive updated bibliography. It will be an ideal reference work for students as well as for scholars working in the field.It has been over a decade since the first edition of The Cambridge Companion to Augustine was published. In that time, reflection on Augustine's life and labors has continued to bear much fruit: significant new studies into major aspects of his thinking have appeared, as well as studies of his life and times and new translations of his work. This new edition of the Companion, which replaces the earlier volume, has eleven new chapters, revised versions of others, and a comprehensive updated bibliography. It will furnish students and scholars of Augustine with a rich resource on a philosopher whose work continues to inspire discussion and debate.Introduction Eleonore Stump and David Vincent Meconi, S.J.; Part I. The Nature of God: 1. The divine nature: being and goodness Scott MacDonald; 2. God's eternal knowledge according to Augustine John C. Cavadini; 3. Augustine on the triune life of God Lewis Ayres; Part II. God's Relation to the World: 4. Time and creation in Augustine Simo Knuuttila; 5. Augustine on evil and original sin William E. Mann; 6. Jesus Christ, the knowledge and wisdom of God Allan Fitzgerald, O.S.A.; Part III. Human Nature: 7. The human soul: Augustine's case for soul-body dualism Bruno Niederbacher, S.J.; 8. Augustine on knowledge Peter King; 9. Augustine on free will Eleonore Stump; Part IV. Human Excelleló“