The definitive edition of St. Augustine's fourth book of De Doctrina Christiana (DDC), the book that deals with rhetoric and its uses in Christian discourse. The edition of DDC contains both the original Latin and Sister Terese Sullivan's brilliant translation. An introduction discusses the historical importance of DDC.
Reprints a number of studies on Augustine's De Doctrina Christiana that examine the ways in which Augustine's rhetoric is and is not uniquely Christian.