Major Works

• Against the Academicians (386)

  - Against the Academicians and The Teacher. Trans. Peter King. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1995.
  Augustine’s attempt to critique the “academic” skepticism of Cicero’s late Roman disciples. From the Publisher: “These new translations of two treatises dealing with the possibility and nature of knowledge in the face of… More

• Confessions (389)

  - Confessions. Trans. Henry Chadwick. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  Excerpt: “Among such as these, in that unstable period of my life, I studied the books of eloquence, for it was in eloquence that I was eager to be eminent, though from a reprehensible and vainglorious motive, and a delight in human vanity. In the… More

• The Free Choice of the Will (395)

  - De Libero Arbitrio Voluntatis in On the Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice, and Other Writings. Trans., Peter King. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010
  Excerpt: “Book One EVODIUS: Please tell me: isn’t God the cause of evil? AUGUSTINE: I will tell you once you have made clear what kind of evil you are asking… More

• The Trinity (416)

  - De Trinitate in The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century, Vol. I.5. Trans., Edmund Hill. Hyde Park: New City Press, 2012
  Excerpt: “The following dissertation concerning the Trinity, as the reader ought to be informed, has been written in order to guard against the sophistries of those who disdain to begin with faith, and are deceived by a crude and… More

• Retractions (427)

  - Retractationes in The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century, Vol. I.2. Trans., Boniface Ramsey. Hyde Park: New City Press, 2010

• Scholarly Critical Editions of Augustine’s Works

  - Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, Vienna: Tempsky, 1865. Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina, Turnhout: Brepolis, 1953. Bibliotheque Augustinenne, Oervres de Saint Augustin, Paris: Desclee De Brouwer.

• On Baptism, Against the Donatists (400)

  - On Baptism, Against the Donatists  in St. Augustine: The Writings against the Manichaeans, and against the Donatists. Ed. Philip Schaff. Buffalo: The Christian Literature Co., 1887.

• Answer to the Pelagians (412-429)

  - Answer to the Pelagians  in St. Augustine: The Writings against the Manichaeans, and against the Donatists. Ed. Philip Schaff. Buffalo: The Christian Literature Co., 1887.

Commentary

• “The Genesis of St. Augustine’s Idea of Original Sin”

  - Bonaiuti, Ernesto. “The Genesis of St. Augustine’s Idea of Original Sin.” Giorgio La Piana, trans. The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 10 (1917), pp. 159-175.  
  Abstract: “The thought of Augustine on the two ethical categories of sin and grace is of great importance in the history of Christian theology. His system of grace and predestination prevailed for many centuries, although not without strong opposition,… More

• Charter of Christendom: The Significance of The City of God

  - O’Meara, John. Charter of Christendom: The Significance of The City of God. New York: Macmillan Press, 1961.  

• Augustine the Bishop: The Life and Work of a Father of the Church

  - Van der Meer, Frederick. Augustine the Bishop: The Life and Work of a Father of the Church. Trans. Brian Battershaw and G.R. Lamb. London: Sheed and Ward, 1961.  

• Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of Saint Augustine

  - Markus, Robert. Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of Saint Augustine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970.  
  From the Publisher: “In this book Professor Markus’s main concern is with those aspects of Augustine’s thought which help to answer questions about the purpose of human society, and particularly with his reflections on history, society and… More

• Augustine the Theologian

  - TeSelle, Eugene. Augustine the Theologian. New York: Herder and Herder, 1970.  
  From the Publisher: “In Augustine the Theologian Eugene Teselle surveys the whole of Augustine’s theological achievement, viewing it not according to the rubrics of later systematic theology, as it is so often viewed, to the detriment of both… More

• Religion and Society in the Age of Saint Augustine

  - Brown, Peter. Religion and Society in the Age of Saint Augustine. London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1972.  
  From the Publisher: “Peter Brown, author of the celebrated ‘Augustine of Hippo’, has here gathered together his seminal articles and papers on the rapidly changing world of Saint Augustine. The collection is wide-ranging, dealing with… More

• The Problem of Self-Love in St. Augustine

  - O’Donovan, Oliver. The Problem of Self-Love in St. Augustine. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980.  
  Excerpt: “The primal destruction of man was self-love. There is no one who does not love himself; but one must search for the right love and avoid the warped. Indeed you did not love yourself when you did not love the God who made you. These three… More

• Augustine on Evil

  - Evans, Gillian Rosemary. Augustine on Evil. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982.  
  From the Publisher: “Augustine, perhaps the most important and most widely read Father of the Church, first became preoccupied with the problem of evil in his boyhood, and this preoccupation continued throughout his life. Augustine’s ideas about… More

• “St. Augustine and Christian Political Theory” by James Schall

  - Schall, James. “St. Augustine and Christian Political Theory” in The Politics of Heaven and Hell: Christian Themes from Classical, Medieval, and Modern Political Philosophy. Lanhan: University of America Press, 1984, pp. 39-66.  

• “Augustine on the Origin and Progress of Evil”

  - Burns, Patout. “Augustine on the Origin and Progress of Evil.” Journal of Religious Ethics, Vol.   16 (1988), pp. 9-27
  Abstract: “Augustine distinguished apparent evil, conflict and corruption among bodies from true evil, the self-initiated corruption of created spirits. Angels and humans fail to maintain the perfection of knowledge and love given by God and then turn… More

• Augustine’s Prayerful Ascent: An Essay on the Literary Form of the Confessions

  - McMahon, Robert. Augustine’s Prayerful Ascent: An Essay on the Literary Form of the Confessions. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989.  

• Grace, Politics, and Desire: Essays on Augustine

  - Meynell, H.A, ed. Grace, Politics, and Desire: Essays on Augustine. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1990.  
  From the Publisher: “Augustine makes his mark in many fields: as political philosopher, biblical exegete, theorist of culture and spiritual autobiographer. His phenomenal range is reflected in this collection of papers. Three essays deal with… More

• “The Structure and Intention of Augustine’s De Trinitate”

  - Cavadini, John. “The Structure and Intention of Augustine’s De Trinitate.” Augustinian Studies, Vol. 23 (1992), pp. 103-23.
  Excerpt:   “Augustine often commented on the “extreme difficulty” of his work On the Trinity, repeatedly remarking that it would be comprehensible only “to few.”2 This may explain why, while there is a surfeit of modem… More

• “Augustine and Aquinas on Original Sin and the Function of Political Authority”

  - Weithman, P.J. “Augustine and Aquinas on Original Sin and the Function of Political Authority.” Journal of the History of Philosophy, Vol. 30 (1992), pp. 353-76.  
  Excerpt:   “THE REDISCOVERY OF Aristotelian moral thought in the thirteenth century influenced medieval political theory profoundly. Recovery of Aristotle’s Politics,’ for example, made available to political theorists of the period… More

• “Augustine on Person: Divine and Human”

  - Clark, Mary. “Augustine on Person: Divine and Human” in Augustine: Presbyter Factus Sum. Ed., Joseph Lienhard et al.. New York: Peter Lang, 1993.  

• “Augustine and the Problem of Goodness”

  - Fortin, Ernest L. . "Augustine and the Problem of Goodness.” University of Dayton Review, Vol. 22 (1993), pp. 177-92.

• Ernest L. Fortin: Collected Essays

  - Fortin, Ernest L. Collected Essays. Ed. J. Brian Benestad. 3 vols. Lantham: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996. Introduction, Theology, Politics, Morality and Ethics, Philosophy
  From the Publisher: “This three volume set of collected essays by Ernest Fortin discusses a variety of Catholic Christianity related topics, ranging from its encounter with Greek philosophy up to current issues amidst the rapid changes within the 20th… More

• Images of Conversion in St. Augustine’s Confessions

  - O’Connell, Robert. Images of Conversion in St. Augustine’s Confessions. New York: Fordham University Press, 1996.  
  From the Publisher: “In his preceding work, Soundings in Augustine’s Imagination, Father O’Connell outlined the three basic images Augustine employs to frame his view of the human condition. In the present study, he applies the same… More

• Augustine: Christian Truth and Fractured Humanity

  - Harrison, Carol. Augustine: Christian Truth and Fractured Humanity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.  
  From the Publisher: “This book is the first systematic attempt to consider the social and cultural context that shaped the life and thought of Augustine. Carol Harrison shows how his beliefs in both Christian truth and human fallenness effected a… More

• “Augustine’s Response to the Political Critics of Christianity in the De Civitate Dei”

  - Kries, Douglas. “Augustine’s Response to the Political Critics of Christianity in the De Civitate Dei.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 74 (2000), pp. 77-93.  

• Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World

  - Heyking, John von. Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World. Columbia: University of  Missouri Press, 2001.  
  From the Publisher: “Saint Augustine’s political thought has usually been interpreted by modern readers as suggesting that politics is based on sin. In Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World, John von Heyking shows that Augustine… More

• Augustine and Modernity

  - Hanby, Michael. Augustine and Modernity. New York: Routledge, 2003.  
  From the Publisher: “Augustine and Modernity is a fresh and challenging addition to current debates about the Augustinian origins of modern subjectivity and the Christian genesis of Western nihilism. It firmly rejects the dominant modern view that the… More

• “Augustine’s Compatibilism”

  - Rogers, Katherin. “Augustine’s Compatibilism.” Religious Studies, Vol. 40 (2004), pp. 415-435.  
  Abstract: “In analysing Augustine’s views on freedom it is standard to draw two distinctions; one between an earlier emphasis on human freedom and a later insistence that God alone governs human destiny, and another between pre-lapsarian and… More

• Rethinking Augustine’s Early Theology: An Argument for Continuity

  - Harrison, Carol. Rethinking Augustine’s Early Theology: An Argument for Continuity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.  
  From the Publisher: “Carol Harrison counters the assumption that Augustine of Hippo’s (354-430) theology underwent a revolutionary transformation around the time he was consecrated Bishop in 396. Instead, she argues that there is a fundamental… More

• Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism

  - Fredriksen, Paula. Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism. New York: Doubleday, 2008.  
  From the Publisher: “This provocative book traces the social and intellectual forces that led to the development of Christian anti-Judaism and shows how and why Augustine challenged this toxic tradition. In Augustine and the Jews, Paula Fredriksen… More

• “Augustine and the Trinity”

  - Cary, Phillip. “Augustine and the Trinity.” Augustinian Studies, Vol. 42 (2011), pp. 87-90.  

• “Augustine and History” (review)

  - McLarney, Gerald. “Augustine and History.” Augustinian Studies, Vol. 42 (2011), pp. 81-83.  
  Review of the collected volume, Augustine and History.

• “God as Being: Interpreting Augustine”

  - Kenney, John Peter. “God as Being: Interpreting Augustine.” Augustinian Studies, Vol. 43 (2013), pp. 77-88.

Multimedia

• “A Tangle of Two Cities”

  - Wetzel, James. “A Tangle of Two Cities.” Lecture delivered to Villanova University, The Saint Augustine Lecture, 2012.