Classical Christianity and the Political Order: Reflections on the Theologico-Political Problem

by Ernest L. Fortin

Book Overview

In Volume Two of Ernest Fortin: Collected Essays, Fortin deals with the relationship between religion and civil society in a Christian context: that of an essentially nonpolitical but by no means entirely otherwordly religion, many of whose teachings were thought to be fundamentally at odds with the duties of citizenship. Sections focus upon Augustine and Aquinas, on Christianity and politics; natural law, natural rights, and social justice; and Leo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847682773
• ISBN13: 9780847682775
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"