THE CITY OF GOD IN ITS MILIEU

HIST 5364-001
THU 2PM-4:50—138-Dallas Hall
Jeremy Adams—67-DH—214-768-2969

An examination of St. Augustine’s masterpiece, along with several of its models and analogues from the Greco-Roman and Hebrew traditions.

Readings include: 1) P. R. L. Brown, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography; 2) James J. O’Donnell, Augustine, A New Biography; 3) Plato, The Republic; 4) Cicero, On the Commonwealth; 5) Augustine, The City of God;
6) Thomas More, Utopia.