Augustine : political writings /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Latín |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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Colección: | Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 worl. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1, 299 pages) : map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780511172847 0511172842 9780521441728 0521441722 9780511802317 0511802315 6610416656 9786610416653 9780511052682 0511052685 1280416653 9781280416651 0511039417 9780511039416 0511151721 9780511151729 051130319X 9780511303197 1107111986 9781107111981 |