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  • Monica

    An Ordinary Saint

    by Gillian Clark ...
    Series series Women in Antiquity
    Rarely did ancient authors write about the lives of women; even more rarely did they write about the lives of ordinary women: not queens or heroines who influenced war or politics, not sensational examples of virtue or vice, not Christian martyrs or ascetics, but women of moderate status, who experienced everyday joys and sorrows and had everyday merits and failings. Such a woman was Monica--now ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Late Antiquity

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Gillian Clark ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Late antiquity: decline or transformation, conflict or interaction? Late antiquity is the period (c.300 - c.800) in which barbarian invasions ended Roman Empire in Western Europe by the fifth century and Arab invasions ended Roman rule over the eastern and southern Mediterranean coasts by the seventh century. Asking 'what, where, and when' Gillian Clark presents an introduction to the concept of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Commentary on Augustine City of God, Books 6-10

    by Gillian Clark ...
    This is the second volume in a series of commentaries on Augustine's City of God (De civitate Dei). Books 6-10 are Augustine's answer to those who think that many gods should be worshipped for blessings in the life to come. In Books 1-5 he had replied to those who thought many gods should be worshipped for blessings in this mortal life; he expected this next task to be more challenging, because he ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Body and Gender, Soul and Reason in Late Antiquity

    by Gillian Clark ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    What does it mean to say that a human being is body and soul, and how does each affect the other? Late antique philosophers, Christians included, asked these central questions. The papers collected here explore their answers, and use those answers to ask further questions, reading Iamblichus, Porphyry, Augustine and others in their social and intellectual context. Among the topics dealt with are ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Late Antiquity

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Gillian Clark ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Late antiquity: decline or transformation, conflict or interaction? Late antiquity is the period (c.300 - c.800) in which barbarian invasions ended Roman Empire in Western Europe by the fifth century and Arab invasions ended Roman rule over the eastern and southern Mediterranean coasts by the seventh century. Asking 'what, where, and when' Gillian Clark presents an introduction to the concept of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Out of the Frying Pan

    A Chef's Memoir of Hot Kitchens, Single Motherhood, and the Family Meal

    by Gillian Clark ...
    Out of the Frying Pan is an empowering memoir that traces Gillian Clark's rise from a beginner to a top chef. But managing a kitchen also taught her about parenting. With a wealth of experience and wisdom, and a healthy dash of humor, Gillian now shares her life's recipes, from the solutions she cooked up for parenting challenges to her favorite culinary creations.In the prime of her life, Gillian ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Corpus Mysticum

    The Eucharist and the Church in the Middle Ages

    by Henri Cardinal de Lubac, S.J. ...
    Translated by Gemma Simmonds, C.J. ...
    Series series Faith in Reason: Philosophical Enquiries
    One of the major figures of twentieth-century Catholic theology, Henri Cardinal de Lubac was known for his attention to the doctrine of the church and its life within the contemporary world. In Corpus Mysticum de Lubacinvestigates a particular understanding of the relation of the church to the eucharist. He sets out the nature of the church as communion, a doctrine that influenced the thinking of ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's City of God

    Edited by Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J. ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Religion
    Augustine of Hippo's The City of God is generally considered to be one of the key works of Late Antiquity. Written in response to allegations that Christianity had brought about the decline of Rome, Augustine here explores themes in history, political science, and Christian theology, and argues for the truth of Christianity over competing religions and philosophies. This Companion volume includes ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Augustine's Intellectual Conversion

    The Journey from Platonism to Christianity

    by Brian Dobell ...
    This book examines Augustine's intellectual conversion from Platonism to Christianity, as described at Confessions 7.9.13–21.27. It is widely assumed that this occurred in the summer of 386, shortly before Augustine's volitional conversion in the garden at Milan. Brian Dobell argues, however, that Augustine's intellectual conversion did not occur until the mid-390s, and develops this claim by ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Abelard and Heloise

    by Constant J. Mews ...
    Series series Great Medieval Thinkers
    Constant J. Mews offers an intellectual biography of two of the best known personalities of the twelfth century. Peter Abelard was a controversial logician at the cathedral school of Notre-Dame in Paris when he first met Heloise, who was the brilliant and outspoken niece of a cathedral canon and who was then engaged in the study of philosophy. After an intense love affair and the birth of a child, ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris

    Preaching, Prologues, and Biblical Commentary

    by Randall B. Smith ...
    In this volume, Randall B. Smith provides a revisionist account of the scholastic culture that flourished in Paris during the High Middle Ages. Exploring the educational culture that informed the intellectual and mental habits of Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure, he offers an in-depth study of the prologues and preaching skills of these two masters. Smith reveal the intricate interrelationships ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Introducing Medieval Biblical Interpretation

    The Senses of Scripture in Premodern Exegesis

    by Ian Christopher Levy ...
    Christianity Today 2019 Book Award WinnerThis introductory guide, written by a leading expert in medieval theology and church history, offers a thorough overview of medieval biblical interpretation. After an opening chapter sketching the necessary background in patristic exegesis (especially the hermeneutical teaching of Augustine), the book progresses through the Middle Ages from the eighth to ... Read more

    $25.19 USD