Christ and the Just Society in the Thought of Augustine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780521841627
Subjects: Christian theology; History; Christianity - Theology - Catholic; Religion - Catholicism; Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Religion; Religion - Classic Works; History of doctrines; Christian Theology - Catholic; Religion / Christianity; Christianity - General; Augustine,; Christian sociology; Christianity and justice; Early church, ca. 30-600
First sentence: In this book, I have tried to answer the question 'How did Augustine conceive the just society?', a question which I first addressed in my 1992 doctoral dissertation at the University of Oxford, 'Language and Justice in Augustine's City of God'.