Augustine and Social Justice.

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This volume examines some of the most contentious social justice issues present in the corpus of Augustine's writings. Whether one is concerned with human trafficking and the contemporary slave trade, the global economy, or endless wars, these essays further the conversation on social justice a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Delgado, Teresa
Other Authors: Doody, John, Paffenroth, Kim, Clark, Mary T., Conley, Aaron, Dávila, María Teresa, Doorley, Mark, French, Todd, Fulmer, J. Burton, Herdt, Jennifer, Hernandez-Diaz, Rodolfo, Kiess, John, Pereira, Matthew J., Nash-Marshall, Siobhan, Santurri, Edmund N., Schmidt, George, Stewart-Kroeker, Sarah, Trostyanskiy, Sergey, Weaver, Darlene, Werpehowski, William
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2015.
Series:Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
Augustinus, Aurelius > Heiliger > 354-430
Social justice > Religious aspects > Christianity.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
Theologie
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Introduction; Part I: Introductory and General Discussions; 1 Augustine on Justice; 2 The Pursuit of Social Justice; 3 The Philosophical Tenets and Content of Augustine's Social Doctrine; Part II: Economic Justice; 4 Altruism or Holy Economy; 5 The Consumer's Restless Heart; 6 Eudaimonism and Dispossession; 7 Augustine and Political Economy; Part III: Politics, Power, and War; 8 Augustine and Slavery; 9 Breaking from the Dominance of Power and Order in Augustine's Ethic of War; 10 Augustinian Realism and the Morality of War.
  • 11 Anarchism, Original Sin and the Decentralization of PowerPart IV: Justice, Love, and Community; 12 Common Ruins of Love; 13 Augustine and Social Justice in Calvin's Biblical Commentaries; 14 Friendship and Moral Formation; 15 Augustine, Families, and Social Justice; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors.

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