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Augustine’s Leaders
Peter Iver Kaufman
出版Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2017-04-10
主題Religion / Christian Theology / HistoryReligion / Christian Theology / GeneralReligion / GeneralHistory / General
ISBN15326156559781532615658
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SVDdDgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In Augustine's Leaders, Peter Iver Kaufman works from the premise that appropriations of Augustine endorsing contemporary liberal efforts to mix piety and politics are mistaken--that Augustine was skeptical about the prospects for involving Christianity in meaningful political change. His skepticism raises several questions for historians. What roles did one of the most influential Christian theologians set for religious and political leaders? What expectations did he have for emperors, statesmen, bishops, and pastors? What obstacles did he presume they would face? And what pastoral, polemical, and political challenges shaped Augustine's expectations--and frustrations? Augustine's Leaders answers those questions and underscores the leadership its subject provided as he continued to commend humility and compassion in religious and political cultures that seemed to him to reward, above all, celebrity and self-interest.