Augustine and Politics |
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| Editor:
| Doody, John
Hughes, Kevin L.
Paffenroth, Kim |
| Contribution by:
| Breyfogle, Todd
Cary, Phillip
O.S.A, Robert Dodaro
Hamilton, Louis I.
Hanby, Michael
Kennedy, Robert P.
Martin O.S.A, Thomas F.
McCarraher, Eugene
Schindler, David C.
Smith, Thomas W.
Wright, Paul |
| Series title: | Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-1009-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2005 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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The essays in this volume take stock of recent scholarly 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...
More DescriptionThe essays in this volume take stock of recent scholarly 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.