Augustine de civitate dei - His Legacy and Relevance

If the defining feature of the Middle Ages is it churches, the defining architect of its mind , heart and soul- at least until Aquinas - is St Augustine. The Church was the spiritual army whose leaders were its fathers. And in that sense, Augustine's thought is closer in modern terms to a revolutionary like Lenin than it is to a philosopher's. A philosopher may well be part of a broad movement, but his appeal is usually to first principles rather than to a body of faith, even if once philosophies are entrenched, very questionable first principles easily become matters of faith, and the collection of a philosophers' members form a kind of church. This collection examines Augustine's core ideas and brings scholars from the USA, EU, Australia and Asia.

Product details

• Assisted by: Wayne Cristaudo (Editor), Philip Tolliday (Editor), Heung Wah Wong (Editor), Heung-wah Wong (Editor)
• Publisher: ATF Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2010
• EAN: 9781921511738
• ISBN: 978-1-921511-73-8
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 295 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Series: University of Hong Kong Europe
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity