John Doody is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at Villanova University. Kevin L. Hughes is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. Kim Paffenroth is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College.

For Augustine, theology was a kind of critical theory undertaken in the shadow of empire. In this probing collection from an outstanding team of scholars, the critical force of Augustine's politics is brought to bear upon contemporary civic theologies and the empire of capital. Out of these studies emerges a compelling picture of Augustine as an important resource for contemporary social theory.

• Chapter 1 Dedicatory PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionPart 3 Human Nature and Virtue in Relation to PoliticsChapter 4 United Inwardly by Love: Augustine's Social OntologyChapter 5 Truthfulness as the Bond of SocietyChapter 6 Friendship as Personal, Social, and Theological Virtue in AugustineChapter 7 Freedom Beyond Our Choosing: Augustine on the Will and Its ObjectsPart 8 Augustine's Theory and Critique of PoliticsChapter 9 Between the Two Cities: Political Action in Augustine of HippoChapter 10 Democracy and Its DemonsChapter 11 Local Politics: The Political Place of the Household in Augustine's City of GodChapter 12 Augustine and the Politics of MonasticismChapter 13 The Glory and Tragedy of PoliticsPart 14 Augustinian Influence and PerspectivesChapter 15 Toward a Contemporary Augustinian Understanding of PoliticsChapter 16 Sexual Purity, "the Faithful," and Religious Reform in Eleventh-Century Italy: Donatism RevisitedChapter 17 The Enchanted City of Man: The State and the Market in Augustinian PerspectiveChapter 18 Machiavelli's City of God: Civic Humanism and Augustinian Terror

John Doody is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at Villanova University. Kevin L. Hughes is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. Kim Paffenroth is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College.

For Augustine, theology was a kind of critical theory undertaken in the shadow of empire. In this probing collection from an outstanding team of scholars, the critical force of Augustine's politics is brought to bear upon contemporary civic theologies and the empire of capital. Out of these studies emerges a compelling picture of Augustine as an important resource for contemporary social theory.

• Chapter 1 Dedicatory PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionPart 3 Human Nature and Virtue in Relation to PoliticsChapter 4 United Inwardly by Love: Augustine's Social OntologyChapter 5 Truthfulness as the Bond of SocietyChapter 6 Friendship as Personal, Social, and Theological Virtue in AugustineChapter 7 Freedom Beyond Our Choosing: Augustine on the Will and Its ObjectsPart 8 Augustine's Theory and Critique of PoliticsChapter 9 Between the Two Cities: Political Action in Augustine of HippoChapter 10 Democracy and Its DemonsChapter 11 Local Politics: The Political Place of the Household in Augustine's City of GodChapter 12 Augustine and the Politics of MonasticismChapter 13 The Glory and Tragedy of PoliticsPart 14 Augustinian Influence and PerspectivesChapter 15 Toward a Contemporary Augustinian Understanding of PoliticsChapter 16 Sexual Purity, "the Faithful," and Religious Reform in Eleventh-Century Italy: Donatism RevisitedChapter 17 The Enchanted City of Man: The State and the Market in Augustinian PerspectiveChapter 18 Machiavelli's City of God: Civic Humanism and Augustinian Terror

John Doody is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at Villanova University. Kevin L. Hughes is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. Kim Paffenroth is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College.

For Augustine, theology was a kind of critical theory undertaken in the shadow of empire. In this probing collection from an outstanding team of scholars, the critical force of Augustine's politics is brought to bear upon contemporary civic theologies and the empire of capital. Out of these studies emerges a compelling picture of Augustine as an important resource for contemporary social theory.

• Chapter 1 Dedicatory PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionPart 3 Human Nature and Virtue in Relation to PoliticsChapter 4 United Inwardly by Love: Augustine's Social OntologyChapter 5 Truthfulness as the Bond of SocietyChapter 6 Friendship as Personal, Social, and Theological Virtue in AugustineChapter 7 Freedom Beyond Our Choosing: Augustine on the Will and Its ObjectsPart 8 Augustine's Theory and Critique of PoliticsChapter 9 Between the Two Cities: Political Action in Augustine of HippoChapter 10 Democracy and Its DemonsChapter 11 Local Politics: The Political Place of the Household in Augustine's City of GodChapter 12 Augustine and the Politics of MonasticismChapter 13 The Glory and Tragedy of PoliticsPart 14 Augustinian Influence and PerspectivesChapter 15 Toward a Contemporary Augustinian Understanding of PoliticsChapter 16 Sexual Purity, "the Faithful," and Religious Reform in Eleventh-Century Italy: Donatism RevisitedChapter 17 The Enchanted City of Man: The State and the Market in Augustinian PerspectiveChapter 18 Machiavelli's City of God: Civic Humanism and Augustinian Terror