Augustine's leaders / Peter Iver Kaufman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufman, Peter Iver.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine.

Church history.

Africa, North--Church history.

Africa, North.

North Africa.

Genre:

Church history.

Physical Description:

x, 184 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, c 2017.

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Augustine's emperors. Wealth, glory, and domination

Emperors and Donatists

Theodosius

Augustine's bishops. On becoming bishop

Polemics: Manichees and Donatists

Paganism

Excesses

The bishop's court

Measuring success

Augustine's pastors. Motives and emotions

The uncharitable

Pelagians

Promises

Distress and discipline

Augustine's statemen. The business of Babylon

Marcellinus

Counseling statesmen

No angels.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index.

ISBN:

9781625642028

1625642024

1498286747

9781498286749

OCLC:

960838279

Publisher Number:

99972580240