Rethinking Augustine's Early Theology An Argument for Continuity [Hardcover]

Carol Harrison counters the assumption that Augustine of Hippo's (354-430) theology underwent a revolutionary transformation around the time he was consecrated Bishop in 396. Instead, she argues that there is a fundamental continuity in his thought and practice from the moment of his conversion in 386. The book thereby challenges the general scholarly trend to begin reading Augustine with hisConfessions(396), which were begun ten years after his conversion, and refocuses attention on his earlier works, which undergird his whole theological system.

Part I
1. The Context
2. The Revolution of 386
3. Ascent (and Descent)
4. Creation from Nothing
5. Paul
Part II
6. The Fall
7. The Will
8. Grace

Carol Harrison is Lecturer in the History and Theology of the Latin West, University of Durham.