Books that Matter: The City of God

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Books that Matter: The City of God

2016

Plunge into Augustine's magnum opus with BOOKS THAT MATTER: THE CITY OF GOD - a historical and theological journey through the final years of the ancient world. Taught by Professor Charles Mathewes, these 24 in-depth lectures...

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Charles Mathewes
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The Great Courses

In This Series

Your Passport to The City of God
Episode 1
Your Passport to The City of God
Who Was Augustine of Hippo?
Episode 2
Who Was Augustine of Hippo?
The Sack of Rome, 410 A.D.
Episode 3
The Sack of Rome, 410 A.D.
Augustine's Pagan and Christian Audience
Episode 4
Augustine's Pagan and Christian Audience
The Problem of Suffering (Book 1)
Episode 5
The Problem of Suffering (Book 1)
The Price of Empire (Books 2-3)
Episode 6
The Price of Empire (Books 2-3)
Augustine's Political Vision (Book 4)
Episode 7
Augustine's Political Vision (Book 4)
Splendid Vices and Happiness in Hope (Book 5)
Episode 8
Splendid Vices and Happiness in Hope (Book 5)
Public Religion in Imperial Rome (Books 6-7)
Episode 9
Public Religion in Imperial Rome (Books 6-7)
Who or What Is God? (Books 8-9)
Episode 10
Who or What Is God? (Books 8-9)
Sacrifice and Ritual (Book 10)
Episode 11
Sacrifice and Ritual (Book 10)
Augustine's Critique of Rome (Books 1-10)
Episode 12
Augustine's Critique of Rome (Books 1-10)
Metaphysics of Creation and Evil (Book 11)
Episode 13
Metaphysics of Creation and Evil (Book 11)
Fall of the Rebel Angels (Book 12)
Episode 14
Fall of the Rebel Angels (Book 12)
Augustine and Original Sin (Book 13)
Episode 15
Augustine and Original Sin (Book 13)
The Two Cities and the Two Loves (Book 14)
Episode 16
The Two Cities and the Two Loves (Book 14)
Augustine's Scriptural History (Books 15-17)
Episode 17
Augustine's Scriptural History (Books 15-17)
Translating the Imperium (Book 18)
Episode 18
Translating the Imperium (Book 18)
Happiness and Politics (Book 19)
Episode 19
Happiness and Politics (Book 19)
Judgments, Last and Otherwise (Book 20)
Episode 20
Judgments, Last and Otherwise (Book 20)
Augustine's Vision of Hell (Book 21)
Episode 21
Augustine's Vision of Hell (Book 21)
Heaven: The Self Redeemed (Book 22)
Episode 22
Heaven: The Self Redeemed (Book 22)
The City of God as a Single Book
Episode 23
The City of God as a Single Book
The City of God's Journey through History
Episode 24
The City of God's Journey through History