AUGUSTINIAN STUDIES


Book Reviews 1970 to 2000


Author Title Book Reviewed Issue and Page
Mary T. Clark, R.S.C.J. "The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Medieval Philosophy" A. H. Armstrong, The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Medieval Philosophy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1967 Augustinian Studies 1 (1970): 197-222
V.D. Connerty "Augustine and the Latin Classics." H. Hagendahl, Augustine and the Latin Classics, Goeteborg: Elanders Boktagekor Aktiebolag, 1967, 796pp Augustinian Studies 1 (1970): 223-235
Rudolph Eugen Arbesmann, O.S.A. "The Question of the 'Regula Sancti Augustini'" L. Verheijen, La R<138>gle de Saint Augustin, 2v, Paris: Etudes Augustiniennes, 1967 Augustinian Studies 1 (1970): 237-261
John J. O'Meara "Understanding of the Mysticisam of St. Augustine and His Doctrine on the Trinity" O. du Roy, L'Intelligence de la Foi en la Trinit<130> selon Saint Augustin, Paris: Etudes Augustiniennes, 1966 and A. Mandouze, Saint Augustin: L'Aventure de la Raison et de la Gr<131>ce, Paris: Etudes Augustiniennes, 1968 Augustinian Studies 1 (1970): 263-276
Vernon J. Bourke "Perler's Contribution to Augustine Biography" O. Perler, Les Voyages de Saint Augustin, Paris: Etudes Augustiniennes, 1969, 564pp Augustinian Studies 2 (1971): 219-229
Gerald Bonner "Quid imperatori cum ecclesia? St. Augustine on History and Society" R. Markus, Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of St. Augustine, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970 Augustinian Studies 2 (1971): 231-251
Ernest L. Fortin "Reflections on the Proper Way to Read Augustine the Theologian" E. TeSelle, Augustine the Theologian, New York: Herder & Herder, 1970 Augustinian Studies 2 (1971): 253-272
Frederick Van Fleteren "Erasmus and Augustine: A Comment on a Recent Work" C. B<130>n<130>, Erasme et saint Augustin, Geneva: Droz, 1969 Augustinian Studies 3 (1972): 191-203
Eugene Kevane "Professor Howie on Augustine and Education" G. Howie, Educational Theory and Practice in St. Augustine, London: Routledge and Kegan paul, 1969 Augustinian Studies 3 (1972): 205-215
Ernest L. Fortin "The Patristic Sense of Community" Jeremy Duquesnoy, The Populus of Augustine and Jerome: A Study in the Patristic Sense of Community, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971 Augustinian Studies 4 (1973): 179-197
John J. O'Meara "The Conditions of Controversy" Fran<135>ois Decret, Aspects du Manich<130>isme dans l'Afrique Romaine, Paris: Etudes Augustiniennes, 1970 Augustinian Studies 4 (1973): 199-204
Vernon J. Bourke "Socio-Religous Issues in Augustine's Day" P. Brown, Religion and Society in the Age of Saint Augustine, London: Faber and Faber, 1972 Augustinian Studies 4 (1973): 205-212
Adolar Zumkeller, O.S.A. "Neuinterpretation oder Verzeichnung der Gnadenlehre des Pelagius und seines Gegners Augustinus?" G. Greshake, Gnade als konkrete Freiheit -- Eine Untersuchung zur Gnadenlehre des Pelagius, Mainz: Matthias-Gruenewald-Verlag, 1972 Augustinian Studies 5 (1974): 209-226
Emilien Lamirande "A Significant Contribution to Our Understanding of St. Augustine's Ecclesiology" P. Borgomeo, L'Eglise de ce temps dans la pr<130>dication de saint Augustin (Paris: Etudes Augustiniennes, 1972, 437pp Augustinian Studies 5 (1974): 237-248
John J. O'Meara "Augustine, de dialectica" Augustine's De dialectica, translation, introduction and notes by B. Darrell Jackson, Boston: D. Reidel, 1975 Augustinian Studies 6 (1975): 207
John A. Mourant "Augustine's Strategy as an Apologist" E. TeSelle, Augustine's Strategy as an Apologist, Villanova: Villanova University Press, 1974, 85pp [The 1973 Saint Augustine Lecture] Augustinian Studies 7 (1976): 179-180
John E. Chisholm, C.S.Sp. "Die handschriftliche Ueberlieferung der Werke des heiligen Augustinus. Band V/1 Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Westberlin Werkverzeichnis" R. Kura, Die handschriftliche Ueberlieferung der Werke des heiligen Augustinus. Vol. V/1: Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Westberlin Werkverzeichnis, Vienna: Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1976, 520pp Augustinian Studies 8 (1977): 161-162
Adolar Zumkeller, O.S.A. "Ein nuer Band der "Oeuvres de Sant Augustin"" Augustine, De nuptiis et concupiscentia and Contra duas epistulas Pelagianorum, Bibliotheque Augustinienne 23, 1974 Augustinian Studies 9 (1978): 109-111
Robert P. Russell, O.S.A. "Art and the Christian Intelligence in St. Augustine" R. J. O'Connell, SlJ., Art and the Christian Intelligence in St. Augustine, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 1978, 251pp Augustinian Studies 9 (1978): 112-115
John J. Gavigan, O.S.A. "Saint Augustine's Monasticism in the light of Acts 4, 32-35" Luc Verheijen, O.S.A., Saint Augustine's Monasticism in the Light of Acts 4.32-35, Villanova: Villanova University Press, 1979, 100p Augustinian Studies 11 (1980): 229-230
Mary T. Clark, R.S.C.J. "Joy in Augustine's Ethics by Vernon Bourke" V. J. Bourke, Joy in Augustine's Ethics, Villanova: Villanova University Press, 1979, 122pp Augustinian Studies 11 (1980): 230-232
Russell J. DeSimone, O.S.A. "The Young Augustine" John J. O'Meara, The Young Augustine. An Introduction to the Confessions of St. Augustine, New York: Longman, 1980, 224pp Augustinian Studies 12 (1981): 173
Russell J. De Simone "The Conversions of Saint Augustine" L. C. Ferrari, The Convestions of Saint Augustine, Villanova: Villanova University Press, 1986 Augustinian Studies 17 (1986): 191-194
John M. Quinn, O.S.A. "St. Augustine of Hippo: Life and Controversies" G. Bonner, St. Augustine of Hippo: Life and Controversies, Norwich: The Canterbury Press, 1986, 2nd edition, 430pp. Augustinian Studies 18 (1987): 202-206
John J. Gavigan "Patrology, v. IV: The Golden Age of Latin Patristic Literature" A. Di Berardino (ed.), Patrology: The Golden Age of Latin Patristic Literature (325-451), (Tr. Placid Solari, O.S.B.) Rome: Augustinian Patristic Institute, 1986, 667p Augustinian Studies 18 (1987): 207-217
Edward Booth, O.P. "Die Stellung des Gottesbeweiss in Augustins `De Libero arbitrio'" W. M. Neumann, Die Stellung des Gottesbeweises in Augustins 'De libero arbitrio', Hildesheim: George Olms Verlag, 1986, 145pp Augustinian Studies 18 (1987): 218-224
John M. Quinn, O.S.A. "Augustine, a translation by Henry Chadwick" H. Chadwick, Augustine, New York: Oxford University Press, 1986, 122p Augustinian Studies 19 (1988): 195-198
John J. Gavigan, O.S.A. "Augustine of Hippo and his Monastic Rule" G. Lawless, O.S.A., Augustine of Hippo and His Monastic Rule, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987, 185pp Augustinian Studies 19 (1988): 199-202
John M. Quinn, O.S.A. "Imagination and Metaphysics in St. Augustine" R. J. O'Connell, S.J., Imagination and Metaphysics in St. Augustine, Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1986 Augustinian Studies 19 (1988): 203-206
Frederick Van Fleteren "Creation and Redemption" G. Daly, O.S.A., Creation and Redemption, Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1989 Augustinian Studies 19 (1988): 207-211
John C. Cavadini "The Perils of Planned Planlessness" R. McMahon, Augustine's prayerful ascent: An Essay on the Literary Form of the Confessions, Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1989, 175pp Augustinian Studies 21 (1990): 177-186
Eugene TeSelle "The Works of Saint Augustine: Sermons" The Works of Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century: Sermons Augustinian Studies 21 (1990): 187-196
Marianne Djuth "Faustus of Riez's Treatise on Grace and Its Place in the History of Theology" T. A. Smith, De Gratia: Faustus of Riez's Treatise on Grace and Its Place in the History of Theology, Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990, 254pp Augustinian Studies 22 (1991): 207-216
Roland J. Teske, S.J. "From Augustine to Eriugena" F. X. Martin and J. A. Richmond, eds., From Augustine to Eriugena: Essays on Neoplatonism and Christianity in Honor of John O'Meara, Washington, DC: The Catholic Univesity of America Press, 1991, 190pp Augustinian Studies 22 (1991): 217-222
Robert J. O'Connell, S.J. "Saint Augustine on Genesis" R. J. Teske, S.J., tr. Saint Augustine on Genesis (The Fathers of the Church, 84), Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1991, 198pp. Augustinian Studies 22 (1991): 223-230
Peter S. Hawkins "Art and Emblem: Early 17th Century English Poetry of Devotion" Thomas Heffernan, Art and Emblem: Early Seventeenth-Century English Poetry of Devotion (Renaissance Monographs 17) Tokyo: The Renaissance Institute-Sofia Unversity, 1991, 123pp Augustinian Studies 23 (1992): 165-166
William Werpehowski "The Ethics of St. Augustine" W. S. Babcock, The Ethics of Augustine (JRE Studies in Religious Ethics 3), Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1991 Augustinian Studies 23 (1992): 167-174
Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J. "The Origenist Controversy" E. A. Clark, The Origenist Controversy: The Cultural Construction of an Early Christian Debate, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992, 287pp Augustinian Studies 24 (1993): 149-155
Brian E. Daley, S.J. "A Noble Death" A. J. Droge and J. D. Tabor,A Noble Death. Suicide and Martrydom among Christians and Jews in Antiquity, San Francisco: Harper, 1992, 203pp Augustinian Studies 24 (1993): 157-162
Mark Vessey "Saint Augustine: Confessions" Saint Augustine: Confessions, H. Chadwick, tr. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991; reissued in World's Classics series, 1992, 311pp Augustinian Studies 24 (1993): 163-181
Lawrence S. Cunningham "Pseudo-Dionysius: A Commentary" P. Rorem, Pseudo-Dionysius: A Commentary on the Texts and an Introduction to Their Influence, New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 237pp Augustinian Studies 24 (1993): 183-185
Jean Bethke Elshtain "Augustine and the Limits of Virtue" J. Wetzel, Augustine and the Limits of Virtue, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, 246pp Augustinian Studies 24 (1993): 187-194
Willemien Otten "Platonism in Late Antiquity" S. Gersh and C. Kannengiesser, eds., Platonism in Late Antiquity, Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1992, 258pp Augustinian Studies 24 (1993): 195-197
Roland J. Teske, S.J. "The Relationship Between Neoplatonism and Christianity" T. Finan and V. Twomey, The Relationship between Neoplatonism and Christianity, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1992, 170pp Augustinian Studies 24 (1993): 199-204
Donald X. Burt, O.S.A. "Memoria Mortuorum: Commemoration of the Departed in Augustine" H. Kotila, Memoria Mortuorum: Commemoration of the Departed in Augustine (Studia Ephemeridis "Augustinianum" 38) Rome: Institutum Patristicum "Augustiniamum", 1992 Augustinian Studies 24 (1993): 205-210
Kenneth B. Steinhauser "Manuscripta Augustiniana" D. Weber, ed., Die handschriftliche Ueberlieferung der Werke des heiligen Augustinus, v. VI/1 Oesterreich: Werkverzeichnis and VI/2 Oesterreich: Verzeichnis nach Bibliotheken, Vienna: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1993, 422pp Augustinian Studies 26:1 (1995): 145-150
Elizabeth A. Clark "Pelagius: A Reluctant Heretic and The Letters of Pelagius and His Followers" B. R. Rees, Pelagius: A Reluctant Heritic and The Letters of Pelagius and his Followers, Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 1991 Augustinian Studies 26:1 (1995): 151-154
Gerald W. Schlabach "The Unity of Love for God and Neighbour in St. Augustine" R. Canning, The Unity of Love for God and Neighbour in St. Augustine, Heverlee, Belgium: Augustinian Historical Institute, 1993, 446pp Augustinian Studies 26:1 (1995): 155-158
James J. O'Donnell "The Trinity" E. Hill, The Trinity. Introduction, translation, and notes (The Works of Saint Augustine: A translation for the 21st Century, J.E. Rotelle, ed., 1/5) Brooklyn: New City Press, 1991, 471pp Augustinian Studies 26:1 (1995): 159-162
Lewis Ayres "Augustine, The Trinity and Modernity" C. E. Gunton, The One, The Three and The Many, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, 248pp Augustinian Studies 26:2 (1995): 127-133
Robert Dodaro, O.S.A. "Beauty and Revelation" C. Harrison, Beauty and Revelation in the Thought of Saint Augustine, Oxford:Clarendon Press, 1992, 289pp Augustinian Studies 26:2 (1995): 135-141
Marianne Djuth "Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision: Reviewing Chase and Davidson: Reading Hadot Reading Plotinus" P. Hadot, Plotinus or the The Simplicity of Vision, M. Chase, tr., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993, 138pp Augustinian Studies 26:2 (1995): 143-154
Thomas F. Martin "To Simplicianus" T. G. Ring, O.S.A., An Simplicianus, zwei Buecher ueber verschiedene Fragen, Wuerzburg: Augustinus-Verlag, 1991, 399pp Augustinian Studies 26:2 (1995): 155-159
Frederick Van Fleteren "Augustine" J. M. Rist, Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, 334pp Augustinian Studies 26:2 (1995): 161-166
Frederick Van Fleteren "The Descent of Being" N. J. Torchia, Plotinus, Tolma, and the Descent of Being: An Exposition and Analysis, New York: Peter Lang Publishing Co., 1993, 170pp Augustinian Studies 26:2 (1995): 167-171
Eric Plumer "A Pelagian Commentary" T. de Bruyn, Pelagius's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, 236pp Augustinian Studies 26:2 (1995): 173-175
Carole Straw "In Hora Mortis" E. Rebillard, In Hora Mortis: Evolution de la pastorale chretienne de la mort aux IVe et Ve siecles dans l'Occident latin, Rome: Ecole francaise de Rome, 1994, 269pp Augustinian Studies 27:2 (1996): 181-186
Robert P. Kennedy "Augustine's Quest of Wisdom: His Life, Thought and Works" V. Bourke, Augustine's Quest of Widsom: His Life, Thought and Works, Albany, NY: Magi Books, 1993 Augustinian Studies 27:2 (1996): 187-190
J. Kevin Coyle "Language and Love: Introducing Augustine's Religious Thought Through the Confessions Story" W. Mallard, Language and Love: Introducing Augustine's Religious Thought Through the Confessions Story, University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994, 252pp Augustinian Studies 27:2 (1996): 191-192
Jean Porter "Thought's Ego in Augustine and Descartes" G. B. Matthews, Thought's Ego in Augustine and Descartes, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992, 217pp Augustinian Studies 27:2 (1996): 194-195
James J. O'Donnell "Augustinus-Lexikon" C. Mayer, Augustinus-Lexikon, v. 1, Basel: Schwabe & Co. 1986-1994, 1298pp Augustinian Studies 28:2 (1997): 135-139
James J. O'Donnell "Corpus Augustinianum Gissense" C. Mayer, Corpus Augustinianum Gissense CD-Rom, Basel: Schwabe & Co, 1995 Augustinian Studies 28:2 (1997): 140-146
Anthony J. Godzieba "Theology and Social Theory" J. Milbank, Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason, Oxford: Blackwell, 1990 Augustinian Studies 28:2 (1997): 147-158
James Wetzel "Paradoxes of Time in Saint Augustine" R. J. Teske, S.J., Paradoxes of Time in Saint Augustine (The Aquinas Lecture, 1996), Milwaukee: Mrquette University Press, 1996 Augustinian Studies 28:2 (1997): 159-163
David B. Burrell, C.S.C. "Augustine and the Limits of Politics" J. B. Elshtain, Augustine and the Limits of Politics, Notre Dame, IN: Universityof Notre Dame Press, 1996, 143pp Augustinian Studies 28:2 (1997): 165-167
Kathryn L. Johnson "Veiled Desire: Augustine on Women" K. Power, Veiled Desire: Augustine on Women, New York: Continuum, 1996, 328pp Augustinian Studies 28:2 (1997): 169-175
John Allyn Melloh "Augustine and the Catechumenate" W. Harmless, S.J., Augustine and the Catechumenate, Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995, 406pp Augustinian Studies 28:2 (1997): 177-179
Jeremy P.H. Williams "Rome and the African Church in the Time of Augustine" J. E. Merdinger, Rome and the African Church in the time of Augustine, New Haven: Yale, 1997, 267pp Augustinian Studies 28:2 (1997): 181-183
Joseph Wawrykow "Traditio Augustiniana" A. Zumkeller and A. Kruemmel, eds., Traditio Augustiniana: Studien ueber Augustinus und Seine Rezeption (Festgabe fuer Willigis Eckermann, O.S.A.), Wuerzburg: Augustinus-Verlag, 1994, 597pp Augustinian Studies 28:2 (1997): 185-190
Charles Kannengiesser "Tyconius crux interpretorum" K. Pollmann, Doctrina Christiana: Untersuchungen zu den Anfangen der christlichen Hermeneutik unter besondere Beruecksichtigung von Augustinus, 'De doctrina christiana', Freiburg: Universitatsverlag, 1996 Augustinian Studies 29:2 (1998): 99-108
Basil Studer "Augustinus und Tyconius im Licht der Patristichen Exegese" K. Pollmann, Doctrina Christiana: Untersuchungen zu den Anfangen der christlichen Hermeneutik unter besondere Beruecksichtigung von Augustinus, 'De doctrina christiana', Freiburg: Universitatsverlag, 1996 Augustinian Studies 29:2 (1998): 109-117
Frederick Van Fleteren "Toward an Understanding of Augustine's Hermeneutic" K. Pollmann, Doctrina Christiana: Untersuchungen zu den Anfangen der christlichen Hermeneutik unter besondere Beruecksichtigung von Augustinus, 'De doctrina christiana', Freiburg: Universitatsverlag, 1996 Augustinian Studies 29:2 (1998): 118-130
Karla Pollman "To write by advancing in knowledge and to advance by writing" K. Pollmann, Doctrina Christiana: Untersuchungen zu den Anfangen der christlichen Hermeneutik unter besondere Beruecksichtigung von Augustinus, 'De doctrina christiana', Freiburg: Universitatsverlag, 1996 Augustinian Studies 29:2 (1998): 131-137
Thomas F. Martin, O.S.A. "Saint Augustine lecteur et interprete de saint Paul" B. Delaroche, Saint Augustine lecteur et interprete de saint Paul dans le "de peccatorum meritis et remissione" (hiver 411-412), Paris: Institut d'Etudes Augustiniennes, 1996, 408pp Augustinian Studies 29:2 (1998): 138-143
James K. A. Smith "Love and Saint Augustine" H. Arendt, Love and Saint Augustine, tr. J. V. Scott and J. C. Stark, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996, 233pp Augustinian Studies 29:2 (1998): 144-150
Allan Fitzgerald, O.S.A. ""Creatio," "Conversio," "Formatio" chez S. Augustin" M.-A. Vannier, "Creatio," "Conversio," "Formatio" chez s. Augustin (Paradosis 31), Editions Universitaires Fribourg Suisse, 1997, 252pp Augustinian Studies 29:2 (1998): 151-154
Leo C. Ferrari "Understanding Augustine" J. J. O'Meara, Understanding Augustine, Portland, OR: Four Courts Press, 1997, 165pp Augustinian Studies 29:2 (1998): 155-165
Frederick Van Fleteren "L'ordre. Bibliotheque Augustinienne 4/2" L'ordre, Oeuvres de Saint Augustin. Dialogues Philosophiques. Bibliotheque Augustinienne, 4/2, Paris: Institut d'Etudes Augustiniennes, 1997 Augustinian Studies 29:2 (1998): 166-168
George Lawless, O.S.A. "John Cassian: The Conferences" B. Ramsey, tr., Jean Cassian: The Conferences (Ancient Christian Writers 57), New York: Paulist Press, 1997 Augustinian Studies 31:1 (2000): 119-128
Frederick Van Fleteren "Nec Timeo Mori" L. Pizzolato and M. Rizzi, eds., Nec Timeo Mori: Atti del Congresso internazionale di studi ambrosiani nel XVI centenario della morte di sant'Ambrogio, Studia Patristica 21, Milan: Vita Pensiero, 884pp Augustinian Studies 31:1 (2000): 129-131
Frederick Van Fleteren "Gott in der Zeit beruhren" K. Kienzler, Gott in der Zeit beruhren. Eine Auslegung der Confessiones des Augustinus, Wuerzburg: Echter, 1998 Augustinian Studies 31:1 (2000): 132-135