Augustine And Politics
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Author |
: John Doody |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0739110098 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780739110096 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Augustine and Politics by : John Doody
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 is at once more bracing, more hopeful, and more diverse than earlier readings could have allowed.
Author |
: Jean Bethke Elshtain |
Publisher |
: University of Notre Dame Pess |
Total Pages |
: 129 |
Release |
: 2018-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780268161149 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0268161143 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Augustine and the Limits of Politics by : Jean Bethke Elshtain
Now with a new foreword by Patrick J. Deneen. Jean Bethke Elshtain brings Augustine's thought into the contemporary political arena and presents an Augustine who created a complex moral map that offers space for loyalty, love, and care, as well as a chastened form of civic virtue. The result is a controversial book about one of the world's greatest and most complex thinkers whose thought continues to haunt all of Western political philosophy. What is our business "within this common mortal life?" Augustine asks and bids us to ask ourselves. What can Augustine possibly have to say about the conditions that characterize our contemporary society and appear to put democracy in crisis? Who is Augustine for us now and what do his words have to do with political theory? These are the underlying questions that animate Jean Bethke Elshtain's fascinating engagement with the thought and work of Augustine, the ancient thinker who gave no political theory per se and refused to offer up a positive utopia. In exploring the questions, Why Augustine, why now? Elshtain argues that Augustine's great works display a canny and scrupulous attunement to the here and now and the very real limits therein. She discusses other aspects of Augustine's thought as well, including his insistence that no human city can be modeled on the heavenly city, and further elaborates on Hannah Arendt's deep indebtedness to Augustine's understanding of evil. Elshtain also presents Augustine's arguments against the pridefulness of philosophy, thereby linking him to later currents in modern thought, including Wittgenstein and Freud.
Author |
: Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine |
Publisher |
: Regnery Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 388 |
Release |
: 1996-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0895267047 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780895267047 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Political Writings of St. Augustine by : Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine
Here in one concise volume is St. Augustine's brilliant analysis of where faith and politics meet - casting a penetrating light on Roman civilization, the coming Middle Ages, ecclesiastical politics, and some of the most powerful ideas in the Western tradition, including Augustine's famous "just war theory" and his timeless ideas of how men should live in society.
Author |
: Richard J. Dougherty |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781580469241 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1580469248 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Augustine's Political Thought by : Richard J. Dougherty
This important collection reveals that Augustine's political thought drew on and diverged from the classical tradition, contributing to the study of questions at the center of all Western political thought.
Author |
: Saint Augustine (of Hippo) |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 362 |
Release |
: 2001-01-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 052144697X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521446976 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (7X Downloads) |
Synopsis Augustine: Political Writings by : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Collection containing thirty-five letters and sermons of St Augustine on politics, addressing essential themes in Augustine's thought.
Author |
: Eric Gregory |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 434 |
Release |
: 2008-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226307510 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226307514 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Politics and the Order of Love by : Eric Gregory
Augustine—for all of his influence on Western culture and politics—was hardly a liberal. Drawing from theology, feminist theory, and political philosophy, Eric Gregory offers here a liberal ethics of citizenship, one less susceptible to anti-liberal critics because it is informed by the Augustinian tradition. The result is a book that expands Augustinian imaginations for liberalism and liberal imaginations for Augustinianism. Gregory examines a broad range of Augustine’s texts and their reception in different disciplines and identifies two classical themes which have analogues in secular political theory: love—and related notions of care, solidarity, and sympathy—and sin—as well as related notions of cruelty, evil, and narrow self-interest. From an Augustinian point of view, Gregory argues, love and sin constrain each other in ways that yield a distinctive vision of the limits and possibilities of politics. In providing a constructive argument for Christian participation in liberal democratic societies, Gregory advances efforts to revive a political theology in which love’s relation to justice is prominent. Politics and the Order of Love will provoke new conversations for those interested in Christian ethics, moral psychology, and the role of religion in a liberal society.
Author |
: Michael Lamb |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 448 |
Release |
: 2024-11-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691226347 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691226342 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Commonwealth of Hope by : Michael Lamb
A bold new interpretation of Augustine’s virtue of hope and its place in political life When it comes to politics, Augustine of Hippo is renowned as one of history’s great pessimists, with his sights set firmly on the heavenly city rather than the public square. Many have enlisted him to chasten political hopes, highlighting the realities of evil and encouraging citizens instead to cast their hopes on heaven. A Commonwealth of Hope challenges prevailing interpretations of Augustinian pessimism, offering a new vision of his political thought that can also help today’s citizens sustain hope in the face of despair. Amid rising inequality, injustice, and political division, many citizens wonder what to hope for in politics and whether it is possible to forge common hopes in a deeply polarized society. Michael Lamb takes up this challenge, offering the first in-depth analysis of Augustine’s virtue of hope and its profound implications for political life. He draws on a wide range of Augustine’s writings—including neglected sermons, letters, and treatises—and integrates insights from political theory, religious studies, theology, and philosophy. Lamb shows how diverse citizens, both religious and secular, can unite around common hopes for the commonwealth. Recovering this understudied virtue and situating Augustine within his political, rhetorical, and religious contexts, A Commonwealth of Hope reveals how Augustine’s virtue of hope can help us resist the politics of presumption and despair and confront the challenges of our time.
Author |
: Veronica Ogle |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 213 |
Release |
: 2020-11-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108842594 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108842593 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine's City of God by : Veronica Ogle
A new reading of Augustine's City of God which considers the status of politics within Augustine's sacramental worldview.
Author |
: Boleslaw Z. Kabala |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 457 |
Release |
: 2021-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030614850 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030614859 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Augustine in a Time of Crisis by : Boleslaw Z. Kabala
This volume addresses our global crisis by turning to Augustine, a master at integrating disciplines, philosophies, and human experiences in times of upheaval. It covers themes of selfhood, church and state, education, liberalism, realism, and 20th-century thinkers. The contributors enhance our understanding of Augustine’s thought by heightening awareness of his relevance to diverse political, ethical, and sociological questions. Bringing together Augustine and Gallicanism, civil religion, and Martin Luther King, Jr., this volume expands the boundaries of Augustine scholarship through a consideration of subjects at the heart of contemporary political theory.
Author |
: John von Heyking |
Publisher |
: University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826263711 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826263712 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World by : John von Heyking
Saint Augustine's political thought has usually been interpreted by modern readers as suggesting that politics is based on sin. In Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World, John von Heyking shows that Augustine actually considered political life a substantive good that fulfills a human longing for a kind of wholeness. Rather than showing Augustine as supporting the Christian church's domination of politics, von Heyking argues that he held a subtler view of the relationship between religion and politics, one that preserves the independence of political life. And while many see his politics as based on a natural-law ethic or on one in which authority is conferred by direct revelation, von Heyking shows how Augustine held to an understanding of political ethics that emphasizes practical wisdom and judgment in a mode that resembles Aristotle rather than Machiavelli.