Augustine's City of God

Klappentext This volume addresses the complex and conflicted vision in Augustine's City of God, as a heavenly city on earthly pilgrimage. Zusammenfassung This volume examines the relationship between theology and philosophy in Augustine's City of God! offering ways of negotiating the contested boundary between faith and reason. Topics covered include Augustine's notion of the secular! his critique of pagan virtue! dystopian politics and moral psychology! and his conception of a Christian philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction James Wetzel; 1. The history of the book: Augustine's City of God and post-Roman cultural memory Mark Vessey; 2. Secularity and the saeculum Paul J. Griffiths; 3. Augustine's dystopia Peter Iver Kaufman; 4. From rape to resurrection: sin, sexual difference, and politics Margaret R. Miles; 5. Ideology and solidarity in Augustine's City of God John Cavadini; 6. The theatre of the virtues: Augustine's critique of Pagan mimesis Jennifer Herdt; 7. The psychology of compassion: Stoicism in City of God 9.5 Sarah Byers; 8. Augustine's rejection of eudaimonism Nicholas Wolterstorff; 9. Augustine on the origin of evil: myth and metaphysics James Wetzel; 10. Hell and the dilemmas of intractable alienation John Bowlin; 11. On the nature and worth of Christian philosophy: evidence from the City of God John Rist; 12. Reinventing Augustine's ethics: the afterlife of City of God Bonnie Kent.

Auteur

James Wetzel is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University and the first permanent holder of the Augustinian Endowed Chair in the Thought of Saint Augustine. He is the author of Augustine and the Limits of Virtue (Cambridge University Press, 1992) and Augustine: A Guide for the Perplexed (2010).

Résumé
This volume examines the relationship between theology and philosophy in Augustine's City of God, offering ways of negotiating the contested boundary between faith and reason. Topics covered include Augustine's notion of the secular, his critique of pagan virtue, dystopian politics and moral psychology, and his conception of a Christian philosophy.

Contenu

Introduction James Wetzel; 1. The history of the book: Augustine's City of God and post-Roman cultural memory Mark Vessey; 2. Secularity and the saeculum Paul J. Griffiths; 3. Augustine's dystopia Peter Iver Kaufman; 4. From rape to resurrection: sin, sexual difference, and politics Margaret R. Miles; 5. Ideology and solidarity in Augustine's City of God John Cavadini; 6. The theatre of the virtues: Augustine's critique of Pagan mimesis Jennifer Herdt; 7. The psychology of compassion: Stoicism in City of God 9.5 Sarah Byers; 8. Augustine's rejection of eudaimonism Nicholas Wolterstorff; 9. Augustine on the origin of evil: myth and metaphysics James Wetzel; 10. Hell and the dilemmas of intractable alienation John Bowlin; 11. On the nature and worth of Christian philosophy: evidence from the City of God John Rist; 12. Reinventing Augustine's ethics: the afterlife of City of God Bonnie Kent.