St. Augustine of Hippo - The Christian Transformation of Political Philosophy

Zusammenfassung St Augustine of Hippo was the earliest thinker to develop a distinctively Christian political and social philosophy. To his mind, all States are imperfect. They can provide justice and peace of a kind, but even the best earthly versions of justice and peace are not true justice and peace. This book describes and analyses this 'transformation'. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionI: Sin, Freewill and Grace: The Two CitiesII: Politics in a Sinful WorldIII: Slavery and Private PropertyIV: War and PeaceV: Temporal and Spiritual PowerSummaryBibliographyIndex

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• Authors: R W Dyson, R. W. Dyson, R.W. Dyson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2006
• EAN: 9780826485885
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8588-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Continuum Studies in Philosoph; Continuum Studies in Philosoph; Continuum Studies in Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Philosophy of religion, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity