Augustine and contemporary social issues. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Paul L. Allen.
• Editors: Allen, Paul L
• Contents: Introduction Paul Allen I Human Nature and Contemporary Fallenness 1. On the Alleged Empirical Verifiability of the Doctrine of Original Sin Jesse Couenhoven 2. Saint Augustine and the Modern-Day Demon David Meconi, S.J. 3. Explorations of Emptiness: Spiritual Famine and Fullness in Augustine’s Confessions and Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast Mark Scott II Augustine and Politics 4. Truth, Lies, and Politics: Augustine and Havel on the Problem of Civic Integrity and "Living in Truth" Mary Keys 5. Ye Shall Till Thy Field: The Goodness and Fall of Work in Augustine and Marx Michael Giles III Augustine and Race 6. Redeeming Hybridity: Augustine’s Christological Correction of a Postcolonial Category David Wilhite 7. Immigration, Migration, Personhood, and the Body of Christ Matthew Drever 8. Black Lives Matter and the African Bishop Burt Fulmer IV Augustine and Desire 9. Mercy for Lucretia: Augustine’s Christian Retelling of a pagan Roman Myth Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo 10. The Love of Habits and the Habit of Love: Augustine and Addiction Paul L. Allen 11. "The Colossal Force of Libido": How Augustine Thought and Preached on Sexual Desire Timo Nisula
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 270.2; Theology -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Church and social problems
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000617665; 9781000617634; 9781003273196
• Related ISBNs: 9781032209548
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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