Publication

2010 - T & T Clark, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

57,500 words, Guess

Page Count

230 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100567480100
  • ISBN-100567310027
  • ISBN-139780567480101
  • ISBN-139780567310026
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010282738
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number466343878
  • Better World Books9780567480101
  • Better World Books9780567310026
  • Open LibraryOL28386128M

Classifications

  • DDC261.7092
  • LCCBR65.A9 H59 2010
  • LCCBR115.P7
and 2 more
  • LCCBR65.A9H59 2010
  • LCCBR65.A9 H65 2010

Description

"In this book Miles Hollingworth investigates how Augustine's understanding of discipleship causes him to resist the normal tendencies of Western political thinkers. On the one hand, he does not attempt to delineate an ideal state in the classical fashion: to his mind, the Garden of Eden can be an archetype for nothing on earth. And on the other hand, he does not seek to achieve an ideological perspective on the proper relations between Church and State. In fact his Pilgrim City is shown to lie beyond utopianism, realism and the normal terms of political discourse. It stands, instead, as a singular challenge to the aspirations of politics in the West; and so standing it calls for a reassessment of his position in the history of political thought."--Pub. desc.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Pilgrim cityT & T Clark2010

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