Living in two cities
Subtitle: Augustinian trajectories in political thought
By: by Eugene TeSelle.
Publisher: University of Scranton Press; University of Toronto Press [distributor]
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Scranton; Tonawanda, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo -- Political and social views.
Description: "After setting the stage with a discussion of Augustine's own political journey, TeSelle examines the theme of "the two cities" against the background of the ancient world's civic vision, with the polis as the chief model for political life.

He pays special attention to the imagery of the Christian as peregrinus, which in Augustine's time meant not "pilgrim" but "sojourner." Against the assumptions of most interpreters he shows that the sojourner, while not fully at home in the earthly city, is nowhere understood as an "alien" and thus has certain rights and responsibilities in the earthly city."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-206) and indexes.