num_pages: 284
description: Evil and the Augustinian Tradition explores the "family biography" of the Augustinian tradition by looking at Augustine's work and its development in the writings of Hannah Arendt and Reinhold Niebuhr. Mathewes argues that the Augustinian tradition offers us a powerful, though commonly misconstrued, proposal for understanding and responding to evil's challenges. The book casts new light on Augustine, Niebuhr, and Arendt, as well as on the problem of evil, the nature of tradition, and the role of theological and ethical discourse in contemporary thought.
language: English
title: Evil and the Augustinian Tradition
titlecomplete: Evil and the Augustinian Tradition
genres: Theology
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Cambridge University Press