The purpose of this handbook is to convey a general picture of Augustine and to describe the various historical, theological and philosophical approaches to him.

This volume is part of Mohr Siebeck's handbook series. The works in this series focus on central theological figures to begin with and will later deal with various periods in church history. Their purpose is to provide an overall view of the pertinent research in a manner which is intelligible to everybody, is up-to-date and which encourages the readers to increase their knowledge on their own. There is a wide range of research on Augustine, and much of it is highly specialized. The well-known authors of this book, all of them experts on Augustine, have written articles on various aspects of Augustine's life and works. The purpose of this handbook is to convey a general picture of Augustine and to describe the various historical, theological and philosophical approaches to him. The authors deal with the condition of the texts, Augustine's historical surroundings, those areas which had a positive or negative influence on him, fields in which he was active (for example Augustine as a bishop or a liturgist) and also provide a selection of the main works and subjects. The work concludes with a section on the important stations of the reception of Augustine in history.

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Geboren 1968; Studium der Ev. Theologie in Münster; 1996 Promotion; 1998 Habilitation; seit 2004 Professor für Kirchengeschichte mit dem Schwerpunkt Alte Kirche in Tübingen; seit 2005 Ephorus des Evangelischen Stifts.

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Das Handbuch soll ein Gesamtbild von Augustin vermitteln und verschiedene historische, theologische und philosophische Zugangsweisen bündeln. Die Überlieferungs- und Editionslage, das historische Umfeld Augustins, Bereiche, die ihn - positiv wie negativ - beeinflußt haben, und die verschiedenen Felder, auf denen er tätig geworden ist (etwa als Bischof und als Liturg), werden ebenso behandelt wie eine Auswahl der wichtigsten Werke und Themen. Ein Abschnitt zu Aspekten der Wirkungsgeschichte schließt das Werk ab.
Mit Beiträgen von: Albrecht Beutel, Anneliese Bieber-Wallmann, Johannes Brachtendorf, Hanns Christof Brennecke, Pamela Bright, Robert Dodaro, Jean Doutre, Daniel Doyle, Volker Henning Drecoll, Paula Fredriksen, Therese Fuhrer, Wilhelm Geerlings, Katharina Greschat, Andreas E. J.Grote, Hermann Häring, Uta Heil, Andreas Hoffmann, Christoph Horn, Wolfgang Hübner, Ulrich Köpf, Johann Kreuzer, Anthony N. S. Lane, Volker Leppin, Gaetano Lettieri, Winrich Löhr, Josef Lössl, Gert Partoens, Thomas Raveaux, Jochen Rexer, Reinhold Rieger, Eva Schulz-Flügel, Larissa Carina Seelbach, Basil Studer, Jörg Trelenberg, Paul Van Geest, Johannes Van Oort, Konrad Vössing, Martin Wallraff, Dorothea Weber, Gregor Wurst