''Christianity and Classical Culture: A Study of Thought and Action from Augustus to Augustine'' is a 1940 book by

Charles Norris Cochrane Charles Norris Cochrane (August 21, 1889 – November 23, 1945) was a Canadian historian and philosopher who taught at the University of Toronto. He is known for his writings about the interaction between ancient Rome and emerging Christianity. E ...

examining how the culture of ancient Rome was changed by its encounter with Christianity in the period leading up to

Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced the development of Western philosop ...

. It was published initially by

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

and subsequently republished by

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. Among the best-known admirers of and advocates for this book was W.H. Auden, who wrote: "Since the appearance of the first edition in 1940, I have read this book many times, and my conviction of its importance to the understanding not only of the epoch with which it is concerned, but also of our own, has increased with each rereading". It was also much admired by

Harold Innis Harold Adams Innis (November 5, 1894 – November 8, 1952) was a Canadian professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory, and economic history of Canada, Canadian econo ...

, who described it as "the first major Canadian contribution to the intellectual history of the West".

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Christianity and Classical Culture

Christianity and Classical Culture

The Roman World and Ours

Christianity and Resistance: An Interview with
Alan Jacobs 1940 non-fiction books Oxford University Press books Clarendon Press books Books about ancient Christianity History books about philosophy History books about ancient Rome {{Christian-hist-book-stub

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