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A study of Augustine´s account of the resurrection of Christ followed by an examination of the reception of those ideas in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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Despite an enormous amount of literature on St Augustine of Hippo, this work provides the first examination of what he taught about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Augustine expounded Christ´s resurrection in his sermons, letters, Answer to Faustus the Manichean, the City of God, Expositions of the Psalms, and the Trinity. Saint Augustine on the Resurrection of Christ: Teaching, Rhetoric, and Reception explores what Augustine held about the centrality of
Christ´s resurrection from the dead, the agency of Christ´s resurrection, and the nature of his risen existence. Leading scholar, Gerald O´Collins, investigates the impact of his resurrection on others and his mediatory role as the risen High Priest. O´Collins then unpicks Augustine´s rhetorical justification
for the resurrection of Christ: evidence from creation, human history, and the desires of all human beings. This groundbreaking study illustrates the enduring significance of Augustine´s teaching on and apologetic for the resurrection, and updates, augments, and corrects what Augustine held.

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This care and attention to detail by O´Collins, as always, are marks of his consummate scholarship again in his latest book. ... This short and readable book is another testimony to O´Collins´ daunting scholarship and deep Christian faith, and is well worth reading. Ashley Beck, The Pastoral Review

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After studies at the University of Melbourne and at the University of Cambridge, Gerald O´Collins, SJ, taught at the Gregorian University from 1973 to 2006 and was also Dean of the Theology Faculty 1985-91. He has authored or co-authored sixty-seven books including Revelation: Toward a Christian Theology of God´s Self-Revelation (2016) and Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity, Second Edition (2014). As well as receiving numerous honorary
doctorates and other awards, in 2006 he was created a Companion of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC), the highest civil honour granted through the Australian government.

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