Evil and the Augustinian Tradition

by Charles T. Mathewes

Book Overview

Evil and the Augustinian Tradition explores the family biography of the Augustinian tradition by looking at Augustine's work and its development in the writings of Hannah Arendt and Reinhold Niebuhr. Mathewes argues that the Augustinian tradition offers us a powerful, though commonly misconstrued, proposal for understanding and responding to evil's challenges. The book casts new light on Augustine, Niebuhr, and Arendt, as well as on the problem of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521035449
• ISBN13: 9780521035446
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"