Augustine : political writings
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Augustine : political writings
(Cambridge texts in the history of political thought)
Cambridge University Press, 2001
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Note
Bibliography: p. xli-l
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This collection brings together thirty-five letters and sermons of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430 AD, that deal with political matters. The letters and sermons are both practical and principled and treat many essential themes in Augustine's thought, including the responsibilities of citizenship, the relationship between the church and secular authority, religious coercion, and war and peace. These texts complement Augustine's classic The City of God against the Pagans (also available in the Cambridge Texts series), and give students direct insight into the political and social world of late antiquity with which Augustine was immediately involved. The slave trade, tax collection, clerical harassment and murder are amongst the topics with which he deals. The volume contains clear, accurate modern translations, together with a concise introduction and informative notes designed to aid the student encountering Augustine's life and thought for the first time.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Bibliography
- Texts: 1. Christianity and citizenship
- Letter 90
- Letter 91
- Letter 103
- Letter 104
- Letter 95
- Letter 136
- Letter 138
- Letter 10*
- Letter 250
- Letter 1*
- Sermon 335C
- 2. Bishops and civil authorities
- Letter 133
- Letter 134
- Letter 139
- Letter 152
- Letter 153
- Letter 154
- Letter 155
- 3. Judicial authority
- Commentary on the Gospel of John, 33
- Sermon 302
- Sermon 13
- 4. The Donatist controversy
- Letter 51
- Letter 66
- Letter 86
- Letter 100
- Letter 87
- Letter 88
- Letter 173
- Letter 204
- Letter 105
- Letter 185
- 5. War and peace
- The sacking of the city of Rome
- Letter 189
- Letter 220
- Letter 229
- Bibliographical notes
- Maps
- Index of persons and places
- Index of topics.
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