Magnum Beneficium est Pax, sed Dei Veri Beneficium est (ciu., 3.9). Augustine's Realism, Strategy, and Insight into Human Motives as a Prelude to Peace at all Levels of Human Existence

• Main Author: van Geest, Paul (auth)
• Other Authors: Dupont, Anthony (Editor), Eguiarte Bendímez, Enrique (Editor), Alberto Villabona Vargas, Carlos (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Editorial Uniagustiniana 2019
• Subjects: Biblical studies & exegesis; Christian theology; Christian leaders & leadership; Augustine; leadership; mystagogy; patristics; politics; rationality; religion
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The objective of this study is to examine the vision Augustine developed on the relationship between religion and politics, and how he conceived the Christian religion as the foundation of political and social action. Firstly, he emphasizes in his reflections on officials in the res publica that the...