Augustine and Politics
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Augustine and Politics

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About this book

The study of Augustine's political teachings has suffered from a history of misreadings, both ancient and modern. It is only in recent years that the traditional lines of "Augustinian pessimism" have been opened to question. Scholars have begun to explore the broader lines of Augustine's political thought in his letters and sermons, and thus have been able to place his classic text, The City of God, in its proper context. The essays in this volume take stock of these recent developments and revisit old assumptions about the significance of Augustine of Hippo for political thought. They do so from many different perspectives, examining the anthropological and theological underpinnings of Augustine's thought, his critique of politics, his development of his own political thought, and some of the later manifestations or uses of his thought in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and today. This new vision is at once more bracing, more hopeful, and more diverse than earlier readings could have allowed.

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Yes, you can access Augustine and Politics by John Doody,Kevin L. Hughes,Kim Paffenroth in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2005
eBook ISBN
9780739152164
Edition
1
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. AUGUSTINE IN CONVERSATION: TRADITION AND INNOVATION
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Dedicatory Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I - HUMAN NATURE AND VIRTUE IN RELATION TO POLITICS
  9. Part II - AUGUSTINE’S THEORY AND CRITIQUE OF POLITICS
  10. Part III - AUGUSTINIAN INFLUENCE AND PERSPECTIVES
  11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  12. Index of Citations
  13. Index of Subjects
  14. Index of Modern Authors
  15. Index of Biblical Citations
  16. About the Editors and Contributors