Center for Augustine Research
The Center for Augustine Research (ZAF), founded in 2001 and located in the Augustinian monastery in Würzburg, serves to research the life and work of Augustine of Hippo . The ZAF is an affiliated institute at the University of Würzburg.
In addition to its working instruments Augustinus Lexicon (AL) and Corpus Augustinianum Gissense (CAG) , the ZAF also offers online information ( Augustinus Literature Portal (ALP) , Bibliography of the Augustinus Lexicon (DBAL) ) on Augustine's life, thought and work.
The scientific director is the Catholic theologian Christof Müller . The CSU politician Oliver Jörg is the chairman of the associated association, the "Society for the Promotion of Augustine Research" . Members of the board of trustees of this association are or were u. a. Alfred Forchel , Bernd Huber , Friedhelm Hofmann , Cornelius Petrus Mayer , Alejandro Moral Antón , Günter Putz , Ludwig Schick and Alfons Tony.