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

• Autor Principal: van Geest, Paul (auth)
• Outros autores: Dupont, Anthony (Editor), Eguiarte Bendímez, Enrique (Editor), Alberto Villabona Vargas, Carlos (Editor)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Idioma: inglés
• Publicado: Editorial Uniagustiniana 2019
• Subjects: Biblical studies & exegesis; Christian theology; Christian leaders & leadership; Augustine; leadership; mystagogy; patristics; politics; rationality; religion
• Acceso en liña: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...