{"product_id":"9781607782902","title":"The City of God (De Civitate Dei)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe City of God\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Latin: \u003ci\u003eDe Civitate Dei\u003c\/i\u003e, also known as   \u003ci\u003eDe Civitate Dei contra Paganos\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The City of God against the Pagans\") is   a book written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century, dealing   with issues concerning God, martyrdom, Jews, and other Christian   philosophies.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAugustine wrote the treatise to explain Christianity's relationship with   competing religions and philosophies, and to the Roman government with which it   was increasingly intertwined. It was written soon after Rome was sacked by the   Visigoths in 410. This event left Romans in a deep state of shock, and many saw   it as punishment for abandoning their Roman religion. It was in this atmosphere   that Augustine set out to provide a consolation of Christianity, writing that,   even if the earthly rule of the empire was imperilled, it was the City of God   that would ultimately triumph — symbolically, Augustine's eyes were fixed on   heaven, a theme repeated in many Christian works of Late Antiquity.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003cem\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/em\u003ethe free encyclopedia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113071853808,"sku":"9781607782902","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607782902_p0.jpg?v=1763832717","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607782902","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}