A Companion to Augustine presents a fresh collection of scholarship by leading academics with a new approach to contextualizing Augustine and his works within the multi-disciplinary field of Late Antiquity, showing Augustine as both a product of the cultural forces of his times and a cultural force in his own right.

Discusses the life and works of Augustine within their full historical context, rather than privileging the theological context

Presents Augustine's life, works and leading ideas in the cultural context of the late Roman world, providing a vibrant and engaging sense of Augustine in action in his own time and place

Opens up a new phase of study on Augustine, sensitive to the many and varied perspectives of scholarship on late Roman culture

State-of-the-art essays by leading academics in this field