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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Wayne Cristaudo (Editore), Philip Tolliday (Editore), Heung Wah Wong (Editore), Heung-Wah Wong (Editore)
• Editore: ATF Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2010
• EAN: 9781921511738
• ISBN: 978-1-921511-73-8
• Pagine: 330
• Dimensioni: 210 mm x 295 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 562 g
• Serie: University of Hong Kong Europe
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo