Politics, Peace and Predestination

• Main Author: Hollingworth, Miles (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: Christian theology; History of Western philosophy; Marxism & Communism; Marxism-Leninism; Plato; predestination; rationality; utopianism
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This chapter is intended to show that Augustine's political philosophy can speak with a radical voice into situations of extreme ideological conflict today-most especially where these involve gross disparities of wealth. The key to allowing this radical Augustinian voice to speak, is first to s...