| Description |
1 online resource (346 pages) |
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Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation |
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Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation
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| Contents |
Preface; Introduction; Part I: Introductory and General Discussions; 1 Augustine on Justice; 2 The Pursuit of Social Justice; 3 The Philosophical Tenets and Content of Augustine's Social Doctrine; Part II: Economic Justice; 4 Altruism or Holy Economy; 5 The Consumer's Restless Heart; 6 Eudaimonism and Dispossession; 7 Augustine and Political Economy; Part III: Politics, Power, and War; 8 Augustine and Slavery; 9 Breaking from the Dominance of Power and Order in Augustine's Ethic of War; 10 Augustinian Realism and the Morality of War |
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11 Anarchism, Original Sin and the Decentralization of PowerPart IV: Justice, Love, and Community; 12 Common Ruins of Love; 13 Augustine and Social Justice in Calvin's Biblical Commentaries; 14 Friendship and Moral Formation; 15 Augustine, Families, and Social Justice; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors |
| Summary |
This volume examines some of the most contentious social justice issues present in the corpus of Augustine's writings. Whether one is concerned with human trafficking and the contemporary slave trade, the global economy, or endless wars, these essays further the conversation on social justice as informed by the writings of Augustine of Hippo |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 fast |
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Augustinus, Aurelius Heiliger 354-430 gnd |
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Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Soziale Gerechtigkeit
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Theologie
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Doody, John
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Paffenroth, Kim
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Clark, Mary T
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Conley, Aaron
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Dávila, María Teresa
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Doorley, Mark
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French, Todd
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Fulmer, J. Burton
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Herdt, Jennifer
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Hernandez-Diaz, Rodolfo
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Kiess, John
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Pereira, Matthew J
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Nash-Marshall, Siobhan
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Santurri, Edmund N
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Schmidt, George
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Stewart-Kroeker, Sarah
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Trostyanskiy, Sergey
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Weaver, Darlene
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Werpehowski, William
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| ISBN |
9781498509183 |
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1498509185 |
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