Safety First: Imperium, Discontent, and Augustine

by Peter Iver Kaufman

Late Roman Africa gives us plenty to ponder. Christianity there had been divided between two factions since the early fourth century. By the fifth, militants among the Donatists (or sectarians) struck at their rivals, whose leading spokesman, Augustine, is our principal source. But did he exaggerate the difficulties catholic Christianity faced or wholly fabricate to attract government attention and intervention? For the same purposes, did he invent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666799645
• ISBN13: 9781666799644
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"