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Augustine and Social Justice.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (346 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498509183
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Augustine and Social JusticeDDC classification:
  • 261.8092
LOC classification:
  • BR65.A9 -- .A8445 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 theMorality of War -- 11 Anarchism, Original Sin and the Decentralization of Power -- Part 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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Intro -- 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 theMorality of War -- 11 Anarchism, Original Sin and the Decentralization of Power -- Part 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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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