Commentary

• “Augustine and Roman Civil Religion: Some Critical Reflections”

  - Fortin, Ernest L. “Augustine and Roman Civil Religion: Some Critical Reflections.” Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes, Vol. 25 (1980), pp. 238-56.

• “Augustine and Aquinas on Original Sin and the Function of Political Authority”

  - Weithman, P.J. “Augustine and Aquinas on Original Sin and the Function of Political Authority.” Journal of the History of Philosophy, Vol. 30 (1992), pp. 353-76.  
  Excerpt:   “THE REDISCOVERY OF Aristotelian moral thought in the thirteenth century influenced medieval political theory profoundly. Recovery of Aristotle’s Politics,’ for example, made available to political theorists of the period… More

• Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism

  - Fredriksen, Paula. Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism. New York: Doubleday, 2008.  
  From the Publisher: “This provocative book traces the social and intellectual forces that led to the development of Christian anti-Judaism and shows how and why Augustine challenged this toxic tradition. In Augustine and the Jews, Paula Fredriksen… More