Augustine and Politics

Herausgeber: Doody, John; Paffenroth, Kim; Hughes, Kevin L.

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Produktbeschreibung

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 Aug...

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Produktdetails

• Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 647g
• ISBN-13: 9780739110096
• ISBN-10: 0739110098
• Artikelnr.: 21972445

Autorenporträt

John Doody is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at Villanova University. Kevin L. Hughes is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. Kim Paffenroth is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Dedicatory Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Human Nature and
Virtue in Relation to Politics Chapter 4 United Inwardly by Love:
Augustine's Social Ontology Chapter 5 Truthfulness as the Bond of Society
Chapter 6 Friendship as Personal, Social, and Theological Virtue in
Augustine Chapter 7 Freedom Beyond Our Choosing: Augustine on the Will and
Its Objects Part 8 Augustine's Theory and Critique of Politics Chapter 9
Between the Two Cities: Political Action in Augustine of Hippo Chapter 10
Democracy and Its Demons Chapter 11 Local Politics: The Political Place of
the Household in Augustine's City of God Chapter 12 Augustine and the
Politics of Monasticism Chapter 13 The Glory and Tragedy of Politics Part
14 Augustinian Influence and Perspectives Chapter 15 Toward a Contemporary
Augustinian Understanding of Politics Chapter 16 Sexual Purity, "the
Faithful," and Religious Reform in Eleventh-Century Italy: Donatism
Revisited Chapter 17 The Enchanted City of Man: The State and the Market in
Augustinian Perspective Chapter 18 Machiavelli's City of God: Civic
Humanism and Augustinian Terror