Peter Iver Kaufman is professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Redeeming Politics Prayer, Despair, and Drama: Elizabethan Introspection The Polytyque Churche: Religion and Early Tudor Political Culture and Augustinian Piety and Catholic Reform as well as over 30 articles on church history.

• Explorations Contemporary Perspectives on Religion -- Introduction -- Order over Error -- Tertullian -- Leadership: Bishops, Councils, and Emperors -- Augustine -- Authority and Humility -- Conclusion -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- About the Book and Author

Peter Iver Kaufman is professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Redeeming Politics Prayer, Despair, and Drama: Elizabethan Introspection The Polytyque Churche: Religion and Early Tudor Political Culture and Augustinian Piety and Catholic Reform as well as over 30 articles on church history.

• Explorations Contemporary Perspectives on Religion -- Introduction -- Order over Error -- Tertullian -- Leadership: Bishops, Councils, and Emperors -- Augustine -- Authority and Humility -- Conclusion -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- About the Book and Author