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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.

ISBN

9781625642028

Publication Date

2017

Publisher

Cascade Books

City

Eugene, Oregon

Keywords

Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Africa, North--Church history, Church history

School

School of Arts and Sciences

Department

Leadership Studies

Disciplines

Leadership Studies

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[Introduction to] Augustine's Leaders

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