| Augustine de Civitate Dei: His Legacy and Relevance Contributor(s): Cristaudo, Wayne (Editor), Wong, Heung-Wah (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1921511737 ISBN-13: 9781921511738 Publisher: ATF Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 270.209 |
| LCCN: 2010513797 |
| Series: University of Hong Kong European Studies in Philosophical Th |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 330 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If the defining feature of the Middle Ages is it churches, the defining architect of its mind, heart and soul- at least until Aquinas - is St Augustine. The Church was the spiritual army whose leaders were its fathers. And in that sense, Augustine's thought is closer in modern terms to a revolutionary like Lenin than it is to a philosopher's. A philosopher may well be part of a broad movment, but his appeal is usually to first principles rather than to a body of faith, even if once philsophies are entrenched, very questionable first principles easily become matters of faith, and the collection of a philosophers' members form a kind of church. This collection examines Augustine's core ideas and brings scholars from the USA, EU, Australia and Asia. |