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Modern disciplinary silos tend to separate classical philology and theology. This book explores for the first time the deep and significant interactions between them, revealing the often hidden or disavowed reliance of two major ways of understanding the world.

The Irrational Augustine takes the notion of St Augustine as rigid and dogmatic Father of the Church and turns it on its head. Catherine Conybeare reads Augustine's earliest works to discover the anti-dogmatic Augustine, who values changeability and human interconnectedness and deplores social exclusion. The novelty of her book lies in taking seriously the nature of these early works as performances, through which multiple questions can be rai...

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This literate and accessible study examines the profound impact Paulinus had on Christian thought during a crucial period of its development. The letters of Paulinus and his correspondents portray an early Christian 'web' of shared concepts, intellectual discussion, and group development. Catherine Conybeare examines how the very process of writing and transmitting letters between members of a community helped to bind that community together a...

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most significant works of Western culture. The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine¿s Confessions is an engaging introduction to this spiritually creative and intellectually original work. This guidebook is organized by themes, including the importance of language, creation and the sensible world, memory, time, and the self, and the continuation of the Confessions.Written for readers approaching the Confession...

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most significant works of Western culture. The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine¿s Confessions is an engaging introduction to this spiritually creative and intellectually original work. This guidebook is organized by themes, including the importance of language, creation and the sensible world, memory, time, and the self, and the continuation of the Confessions.Written for readers approaching the Confession...