Christianity and Classical Culture

Christianity and Classical Culture: A Study of Thought and Action from Augustus to Augustine is a 1940 book by Charles Norris Cochrane examining how the culture of ancient Rome was changed by its encounter with Christianity in the period leading up to Augustine. It was published initially by Oxford University Press^[1] and subsequently republished by Liberty Fund.^[2] 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".^[3][4] It was also much admired by Harold Innis, who described it as "the first major Canadian contribution to the intellectual history of the West".^[5]

Christianity and Classical Culture

Author	Charles Norris Cochrane
Language	English
Subject	classical antiquity
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	1940

See also

• W.H. Auden
• Harold Innis

References

1. Cochrane, Charles Norris (1940). Christianity and classical culture. Oxford University Press. ASIN B000NXKMQ6.
2. Cochrane, Charles Norris. Christianity and Classical Culture. ISBN 0-86597-413-6.
3. Bowersock, Glen Warren (25 March 2009). From Gibbon to Auden: Essays on the Classical Tradition. p. 195. ISBN 9780199704071.
4. Friedersdorf, Conor (29 June 2010). "Provocation of the Day: Book Reviews Have Changed for the Worse". The Atlantic. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
5. Robert W. Cox (2013). Universal Foreigner: The Individual and the World. World Scientific. p. 316. ISBN 978-981-4452-71-7.

External links

• Christianity and Classical Culture
• Christianity and Classical Culture
• The Roman World and Ours
• Christianity and Resistance: An Interview with Alan Jacobs