This interdisciplinary collection of essays investigates the processes by which Augustine of Hippo's writings were re-invented in other media, including the visual arts, drama and music. Thereby it highlights the crucial role of Augustine's readers in constructing his universal stature.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part One Visualizations of Augustine; Art and Authority: Three Paradigmatic Visualizations of Augustine of Hippo; The Reception of Augustine in Orthodox Iconography; Reformations: The Painted Interiors of Augustine and Jerome; Part Two Dramatizing Augustine on Stage; Augustine and Drama; Augustine on Stage in the Southern Low Countries in the Early Modern Period; Part Three Augustine in Confessionalized Contexts of Spirituality and Devotion; Images and Themes Related to Augustine in Late Medieval Sermons.

Pseudo-Augustine and Religious Controversy in Early Modern EnglandUnder the Cover of Augustine: Augustinian Spirituality and Catholic Emblems in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic; Orating from the Pulpit: The Dutch Augustine and the Reformed Godly until 1700; Part Four Musical Variations on Augustine; The Renaissance Reception of Augustine's Writings on Music; A Musical Relecture of Augustine's Conversion: La Conversione di Sant' Agostino by Maria Antonia Walpurgis and Johann Adolf Hasse; St. Augustine in Twentieth-Century Music; Part Five Augustine Beyond Himself.

The Antipodeans and Science-Faith Relations: The Rise, Fall and Vindication of AugustineBeyond the Books of Augustine into Modern Psychotherapy; Bibliography; Index Nominum et Rerum.

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