Tag: Morality and Politics

Topics

Major Works

  • Confessions (389)

    - Augustine. Confessions. Translated by Henry Chadwick. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
    Excerpt: Among such as these, in that unstable period of my life, I studied the books of eloquence, for it was in eloquence that I was eager to be eminent, though from a reprehensible and vainglorious motive, and a delight in human vanity. In the ordinary… More

  • City of God Against the Pagans (427)

    - Augustine. The City of God Against the Pagans. Translated by R. W. Dyson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
    Excerpt: For to this earthly city belong the enemies against whom I have to defend the city of God. Many of them, indeed, being reclaimed from their ungodly error, have become sufficiently creditable citizens of this city; but many are so inflamed with hatred… More

  • The Letters (386-430)

    - Epistulae in the Fathers of the Church, Vols. 12,18, 20, 30, & 32. Trans., W. Parsons. Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America Press.
    Excerpt (from Letter 1): “I Would not presume, even in playful discussion, to attack the philosophers of the Academy; for when could the authority of such eminent men fail to move me, did I not believe their views to be widely different from… More

Commentary

  • Augustine: Philosopher of Freedom; A Study in Comparative Philosophy

    - Clark, Mary. Augustine: Philosopher of Freedom: A Study in Comparative Philosophy. New York: Desclee Co., 1958.  

  • The Political and Social Ideas of St. Augustine

    - Deane, Herbert. The Political and Social Ideas of St. Augustine. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963.  
    From the Publisher: “A critical essay on St. Augustine’s social and political thought. In describing Augustine, the author captures the essence of the man in these words: ‘Genius he had in full measure… he is the master of the phrase… More

  • Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of Saint Augustine

    - Markus, Robert. Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of Saint Augustine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970.  
    From the Publisher: “In this book Professor Markus’s main concern is with those aspects of Augustine’s thought which help to answer questions about the purpose of human society, and particularly with his reflections on history, society and… More

  • Political Idealism and Christianity in the Thought of St. Augustine by Ernest Fortin

    - Fortin, Ernest L. Political Idealism and Christianity in the Thought of St. Augustine. Villanova: Villanova University Press, 1972.  
    The late Ernest Fortin discusses the political dimension of Augustine’s thought, and compares it to modern conceptions of politics. Watch Harvey Mansfield of Harvard University discuss the work of Ernest Fortin (and some other contemporaries) here, on… More

  • “Augustine’s City of God and the Modern Historical Consciousness” by Ernest Fortin

    - Fortin, Ernest L. “Augustine’s City of God and the Modern Historical Consciousness.” Review of Politics, Vol. 41 (1979), pp. 323-43.  
    Abstract: Contemporary Augustinian scholarship is distinguished among other ways by its emphasis on Augustine’s alleged contribution to the development of the modern notion of history. Except for a few sporadic references to a possible theology of… More

  • “St. Augustine and Christian Political Theory” by James Schall

    - Schall, James. “St. Augustine and Christian Political Theory” in The Politics of Heaven and Hell: Christian Themes from Classical, Medieval, and Modern Political Philosophy. Lanhan: University of America Press, 1984, pp. 39-66.  

  • “Augustine’s Political Realism”

    - Niebuhr, Reinhold. “Augustine’s Political Realism” in The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr. Ed., Robert McAfee Brown. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.  
    From the Publisher: “Theologians, ethicist, and political analyst, Reinhold Neiburh, was a towering figure of twentieth-century religious thought. In this important book, the best of Neiburh’s essays have been brought together for the first time.… More

  • “St. Augustine” in History of Political Philosophy

    - Fortin, Ernest L. . “St. Augustine” in History of Political Philosophy. 3rd ed. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1987, pp. 176-205.  
    In his essay “St. Augustine,” featured in History of Political Philosophy (3rd ed., 1987), Ernest L. Fortin explores the political dimensions of Augustine’s thought, emphasizing the transformative influence of Christian doctrine on classical… More

  • Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition

    - MacIntyre, Alasdair. Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition: Eing Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Edinburgh in 1988. London: Duckworth, 1990.  
    From the Publisher: “Alasdair MacIntyre—whom Newsweek has called “one of the foremost moral philosophers in the English-speaking world”—here presents his 1988 Gifford Lectures as an expansion of his earlier work Whose Justice? Which… More

  • Grace, Politics, and Desire: Essays on Augustine

    - Meynell, H.A, ed. Grace, Politics, and Desire: Essays on Augustine. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1990.  
    From the Publisher: “Augustine makes his mark in many fields: as political philosopher, biblical exegete, theorist of culture and spiritual autobiographer. His phenomenal range is reflected in this collection of papers. Three essays deal with… More

  • The Augustinian Imperative: A Reflection on the Politics of Morality

    - Connolly, William. The Augustinian Imperative: A Reflection on the Politics of Morality. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1993.  
    From the Publisher: “An entirely new interpretation of one of the most seminal and widely read figures in the history of political thought, The Augustinian Imperative is also ‘an archaeological investigation into the intellectual foundation of… More

  • “Augustine and the Problem of Goodness”

    - Fortin, Ernest L. . "Augustine and the Problem of Goodness.” University of Dayton Review, Vol. 22 (1993), pp. 177-92.

  • Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized

    - Rist, John. Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.  
    From the Publisher: “The aim of this work is to show how Augustine adapted a deeply Platonic outlook to the new world of Christianity, and how he constructed a vision in which Platonism and Christianity pointed in the same direction. Augustine is… More

  • Augustine and the Limits of Politics

    - Elshtain, Jean Bethke. Augustine and the Limits of Politics. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1995.  
    From the Publisher: “Jean Bethke Elshtain brings Augustine’s thought into the contemporary political arena and presents an Augustine who created a complex moral map that offers space for loyalty, love, and care, as well as a chastened form of civic… More

  • The Path of St. Augustine

    - Banner, William. The Path of St. Augustine. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996.  
    From the Publisher: “The Path of Saint Augustine explains and defends St. Augustine’s moral philosophy and examines his view of good and evil in human life. Avoiding the partisan debates on Augustinism, Banner gives his full attention to the… More

  • Ernest L. Fortin: Collected Essays

    - Fortin, Ernest L. Collected Essays. Ed. J. Brian Benestad. 3 vols. Lantham: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996. Introduction, Theology, Politics, Morality and Ethics, Philosophy
    From the Publisher: “This three volume set of collected essays by Ernest Fortin discusses a variety of Catholic Christianity related topics, ranging from its encounter with Greek philosophy up to current issues amidst the rapid changes within the 20th… More

  • Images of Conversion in St. Augustine’s Confessions

    - O’Connell, Robert. Images of Conversion in St. Augustine’s Confessions. New York: Fordham University Press, 1996.  
    From the Publisher: “In his preceding work, Soundings in Augustine’s Imagination, Father O’Connell outlined the three basic images Augustine employs to frame his view of the human condition. In the present study, he applies the same… More

  • The City of Man

    - Manent, Pierre. The City of Man. Trans. Marc LePain. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.  
    From the Publisher: “The “City of God” or the “City of Man”? This is the choice St. Augustine offered 1500 years ago–and according to Pierre Manent the modern West has decisively and irreversibly chosen the latter. In this… More

  • From Aristotle to Augustine (Routledge History of Philosophy)

    - Furely, David ed. From Aristotle to Augustine. New York: Routledge, 1999.  
    From the Publisher: “This second volume opens with Aristotle’s immense influence on philosophy from the beginnings of Christian philosophy in the fifth century AD.”

  • “The Gift and the Lie: Augustine on Lying”

    - Griffiths, Paul. “The Gift and the Lie: Augustine on Lying.” Communio, Vol. 26 (1999), pp. 3-30.  

  • “Augustine’s Response to the Political Critics of Christianity in the De Civitate Dei”

    - Kries, Douglas. “Augustine’s Response to the Political Critics of Christianity in the De Civitate Dei.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 74 (2000), pp. 77-93.  

  • The Pilgrim City: Social and Political Ideas in the Writings of St. Augustine of Hippo

    - Dyson, R.W. The Pilgrim City: Social and Political Ideas in the Writings of St. Augustine of Hippo. Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, 2001.  
    From the Publisher: “The political and social ideas of St Augustine of Hippo are of central importance to the historian of late classical and medieval political thought: Augustine offers a penetrating critique of the moral and political claims of… More

  • Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World

    - Heyking, John von. Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World. Columbia: University of  Missouri Press, 2001.  
    From the Publisher: “Saint Augustine’s political thought has usually been interpreted by modern readers as suggesting that politics is based on sin. In Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World, John von Heyking shows that Augustine… More

  • Rethinking Augustine’s Early Theology: An Argument for Continuity

    - Harrison, Carol. Rethinking Augustine’s Early Theology: An Argument for Continuity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.  
    From the Publisher: “Carol Harrison counters the assumption that Augustine of Hippo’s (354-430) theology underwent a revolutionary transformation around the time he was consecrated Bishop in 396. Instead, she argues that there is a fundamental… More

  • Augustine and Roman Virtue

    - Harding, Brian. Augustine and Roman Virtue. London: Continuum, 2008.  
    From the Publisher: “Augustine and Roman Virtue seeks to correct what the author sees as a fundamental misapprehension in medieval thought, a misapprehension that fuels further problems and misunderstandings in the historiography of philosophy. This… More

  • Pilgrim City: St. Augustine of Hippo and his Innovation in Political Thought

    - Hollingworth, Miles. Pilgrim City: St. Augustine of Hippo and his Innovation in Political Thought. London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2010.  
    From the Publisher: “In this book Miles Hollingworth investigates how Augustine’s understanding of discipleship causes him to resist the normal tendencies of Western political thinkers. On the one hand, he does not attempt to delineate an ideal… More

  • “Augustine’s Intellectual Conversion: The Journey from Platonism to Christianity”

    - Cary, Phillip. “Augustine’s Intellectual Conversion: The Journey from Platonism to Christianity." Augustinian Studies, Vol. 42 (2011), pp. 91-95.  

  • “Augustine and History” (review)

    - McLarney, Gerald. “Augustine and History.” Augustinian Studies, Vol. 42 (2011), pp. 81-83.  
    Review of the collected volume, Augustine and History.

  • Disciplining Christians: Correction and Community in Augustine’s Letters

    - Ebbeler, Jennifer. Disciplining Christians: Correction and Community in Augustine’s Letters. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.  
    From the Publisher: “Disciplining Christians reconsiders several of Augustine’s most well-known letter exchanges, including his famously controversial correspondence with Jerome and his efforts to engage his Donatist rivals in a letter exchange.… More

Multimedia