Augustine

On this page I share a few of my papers on the theology and ethics of St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 C.E.). For additional resources and links to primary sources, be sure to visit James J. O'Donnell's Augustine page. For other internet resources on theology, ethics, history, and more, click here.

• What to start reading from Augustine
• The Confessions, of course
• Excerpts from the City of God
• Excerpts from On Christian Doctrine
• What to start reading about Augustine
• Garry Wills, Saint Augustine
• James J. O'Donnell, Augustine (or click here to read on-line)
• Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo
• My own writing:
  • For the Joy Set Before Us: Augustine and Self-Denying Love. University of Notre Dame Press, 2001
  • "Friendship as Adultery: Social Reality and Sexual Metaphor in Augustine's Doctrine of Original Sin." Augustinian Studies 23 (December 1992): 125-147.
  • "Augustine's Hermeneutic of Humility: An Alternative to Moral Imperialism and Moral Relativism." Journal of Religious Ethics 22:2 (Fall 1994): 299-330.
  • "`Love is the Hand of the Soul': The Grammar of Continence in Augustine's Doctrine of Christian Love." North American Patristics Society. June 1, 1996.
  • "Continence, Consumption and Other Abuses: Or Why an Augustinian Ethic is Worth the Bother." Annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, 8 January 2000.
  • "The Christian Witness in the Earthly City: John H. Yoder as Augustinian Interlocutor." Conference on "Assessing the Theological Legacy of John Howard Yoder," 7-9 March 2002, University of Notre Dame.
• Other Augustine-related sites
• James J. O'Donnell's Augustine page
• O'Donnell's commentary on the Confessions, on-line hyperlinked edition
• Augustine page in the Ecole hypertext encyclopedia on early church history
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• Dr. Robert Crouse's website includes an article on Augustine and atonement, as well as a book on Images of Pilgrimage giving special attention to Augustine and Dante