Augustine and Social Justice
This volume brings into dialogue the ancient wisdom of Augustine of Hippo, a bishop of the early Christian Church of the fourth and fifth centuries, with contemporary theologians and ethicists on the topic of social justice. Each essay mines the major themes present in Augustine's extensive corpus of writings-from his Confessions to the City of God- with an eye to the following question: how can this early church father so foundational to Christian doctrine and teaching inform our twenty-first century context on how to create and sustain a more just and equitable society? In his own day, Augustine spoke to conditions of slavery, conflict and…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Doody, John (Hrsg.) / Paffenroth, Kim (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4985-0918-3
- EAN: 9781498509183
- Produktnummer: 21852970
- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 344 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 629 KB
Über den Autor
Teresa Delgado is associate professor of religious studies and director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at Iona College.John Doody is professor of philosophy and Robert M. Birmingham chair in humanities at Villanova University. He is also director of the Villanova Center for Liberal Education. Kim Paffenroth is professor of religious studies at Iona College and the interim director of the Iona College Honors Program.
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