Title
Incorrectly Political: Augustine and Thomas More
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Description
Peter Iver Kaufman explains how and why we have failed to appreciate Augustine’s and More’s profound political pessimism and thereby reintroduces readers to two of the Christian tradition’s most enigmatic yet influential figures. Each knew that government was useful—yet always deceitful. And each wrote a classic widely read to this day, Augustine’s City of God and More’s Utopia, as well as abundant correspondence and polemical tracts to explain why government on earth might be used, though never meaningfully improved.
ISBN
978-0-268-03314-9
Publication Date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
City
Notre Dame, Ind.
Keywords
Augustine, Thomas More, religion
School
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
Disciplines
History of Christianity | History of Religions of Western Origin
Recommended Citation
Kaufman, Peter Iver. Incorrectly Political: Augustine and Thomas More. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007.
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