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Hey Pham,

I need some help on St. Augustine. At my school you can initiate a course on a topic and plan the course etc and if approved you will get credits for it etc. So i choose to do a course on St. Augustine. However i need some help and espeically in regards to reference materials. If anyone had any good commentaries they know of especially about "City of God" or "The Confessions" that would be really apprecaited. As well as any other secondary material in regards to the life of St. Augustine or his works/theology/ etc. Also information and resources on the Late Roman Empire during the time of St. Augustine would also be appreciated. I would prefer that they would be written resources however electronic would be acceptable as well. So if anyone knows of any could you plese post them or either PM me privatly.

Thanks soo much,

-Will

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[url="http://www.stoa.org/hippo/"]The Confessions of Augustine ( online version with Commentary )[/url]

[url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/THEOLOGY/527AUG2.htm"]Commentary on Augustine by William Most[/url]

[url="http://books.mirror.org/gb.augustine.html"]Works of St Augustine[/url]

[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1534/august/augwrite.htm"]More writings of Augustine[/url]

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crusader,

the easiest thing to do would be to buy the Cliffnotes for his two works. however, here are some other resources for you, written and electronic. all of these are commentaries on the works in question:


[u][b]WRITTEN RESOURCES[/b][/u]
--[url="http://camellia.shc.edu/theology/Augustine.htm"][b]Bibliography[/b][/url] (for a list of written resources on his life and works)

[b][i]City of God[/i][/b]
--[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0199270813/qid=1094765183/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/103-9228934-9583042?v=glance&s=books"]Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide[/url]
--[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9004093230/qid=1094765183/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/103-9228934-9583042?v=glance&s=books"]Jerusalem and Babylon: A Study into Augustine's City of God and the Sources of His Doctrine of the Two Cities (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae,)[/url]
--[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1889680044/qid=1094765344/sr=1-14/ref=sr_1_14/103-9228934-9583042?v=glance&s=books"]History, Apocalypse, and the Secular Imagination: New Essays on Augustine's City of God[/url]
--[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0844611808/qid=1094765344/sr=1-15/ref=sr_1_15/103-9228934-9583042?v=glance&s=books"]Political Aspects of Augustine's City of God[/url]
--[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0820417262/qid=1094765420/sr=1-27/ref=sr_1_27/103-9228934-9583042?v=glance&s=books"]The City of God: A Collection of Critical Essays[/url]

[i][b]Confessions[/b][/i]
--[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0664226191/qid=1094765497/sr=ka-2/ref=pd_ka_2/103-9228934-9583042"]A Reader's Companion to Augustine's Confessions[/url]
--[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764544802/qid=1094765497/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-9228934-9583042?v=glance&s=books"]Cliffnotes for Augustine's Confessions[/url]
--[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0791461076/qid=1094765656/sr=1-11/ref=sr_1_11/103-9228934-9583042?v=glance&s=books"]Encounters with God in Augustine's Confessions[/url]
--[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0791457923/qid=1094765656/sr=1-13/ref=sr_1_13/103-9228934-9583042?v=glance&s=books"]The Journey Towards God in Augustine's Confessions[/url]


[u][b]ELECTRONIC RESOURCES[/b][/u]
--[url="http://www.kat.gr/kat/history/Rel/Chr/Augustine.htm"]Augustine's life and works[/url]
--[url="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html"]James J. O'Donnell's Augustine Page[/url]

[i][b]City of God[/b][/i]:
--[url="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine/civ.html"]Augustine's [i]City of God[/i][/url]
--[url="http://enlightenment.supersaturated.com/essays/text/jamiemellway/Augustine.html#_ftnref2"]Mediaeval Philosophy and Augustine's [i]City of God[/i]: Book XIX.3-18, 24-8.[/url]
--[url="http://www.san.beck.org/AB11-AugustineandRome.html#3"]Augustine and the Fall of Rome: 395-476.[/url]
--[url="http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y6705.html"]From Aristotle to Augustine[/url] ([b]note:[/b] it looks like this page would be helpful in establishing the context of this work, what was happening in Augustine's world when he wrote this)
--[url="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195565/posts"]Two Cities: Augustine's City of God[/url]

[i][b]Confessions[/b][/i]
--[url="http://bible.christiansunite.com/augustine/confessions/testimony.shtml"]Augustine's Testimony Concerning the [i]Confessions[/i][/url]
--[url="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/twayne/aug5.html"]Augustine's [i]Confessions[/i][/url]
--[url="http://www.molloy.edu/academic/philosophy/sophia/Augustine/conf_main.htm"]Augustine's Confessions: A Guide for Beginners[/url]


i hope this helps........pax christi,
phatcatholic

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also these (electronic):

--[url="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/twayne/tabcont.html"][b]online version[/b][/url] of Prof. O'Donnell's book on Augustine, including a [url="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/twayne/aug1.html"][b]biography[/b][/url] of Augustine and a chapter devoted to the [url="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/twayne/aug5.html"][b]Confessions[/b][/url]
--[url="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine/introconf.html"]A More In-Depth Discussion by Prof. O'Donnell on the Confessions[/url]
--[url="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/texts/reviews-intro.html"]Review Symposium Commenting on Prof. O'Donnell's Three Volume Commentary on the Confessions [/url]

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I would look into the Augustine club,

[url="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/what.html"]http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/what.html[/url]



We also have this in the reference section;



[u]St. Augustine of Hippo[/u]
--[url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm"]Catholic Encyclopedia: Life of St. Augustine of Hippo[/url]
--[url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02089a.htm"]Catholic Encyclopedia:Works of St. Augustine of Hippo[/url]
--[url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02091a.htm"]Catholic Encyclopedia:Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo[/url]
--[url="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~nmcenter/women-cp/augustin.html"]St Augustine -a male chauvinist?[/url]
--[url="http://www.uno.edu/~asoble/pages/augbos.htm"]Correcting Some Misconceptions about St. Augustine's Sex Life (Non-Catholic site)[/url]
--[url="http://www.jknirp.com/aug3.htm"]Sex, Sin and Salvation: What Augustine Really Said[/url]




Also in your studies if you find anything really cool. Make sure to give up the goods. ;)

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Laudate_Dominum

The book [i]Augustine's World[/i] is good. I can't remember who it's by or who publishes it, but it would be useful for your purposes no doubt. You might also enjoy the [i]Cambridge Companion to Augustine[/i].

peace

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Laudate_Dominum

If you are pressed for time and don't want to read whole books you might try something like, Copleston's history of philosophy volume II which has a good overview of Augustine's life, thought and works. Also Maurer's history of Medieval Philosophy. There are countless books actually...

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