Augustine's City of God

12/06/2025 32 min

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Delve into Augustine's City of God: A monumental defense of Christianity and a profound analysis of history. Explore the clash of the Earthly City vs. City of God, justice, war, and humanity's ultimate destiny. Essential for understanding faith, power, and Western thought.Works Cited"A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN PLATO & ARISTOTLE'S PHILOSOPHY - UIJIR." Universe International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research."An Overview on the Content and Importance of Augustine's City of God." 1517."Augustine Looks at Ecclesiastes from Within 'The City of God'." American Journal of Biblical Theology."Augustine's Intellectual Conversion." Seton Hall University."Augustine's political philosophy." The Cambridge Companion to Augustine."Augustine's The City of God and Why It Matters Today." Christ Over All.Augustine, Saint. Concerning The City of God Against the Pagans. Translated by Henry Bettenson, introduction by John O’Meara, Penguin Books, 2004.Augustine, Saint. "City of God, Book XVII." New Advent, 2023.Augustine, Saint. "City of God, Book XX." New Advent, 2023.Augustine, Saint. The City of God. Translated by Marcus Dods, A Roman Roads Etext.Augustine, Saint. The City of God. Translated by Marcus Dods, introduction by Thomas Merton, Modern Library, 2000.Augustine, Saint. The City of God (Abridged Study Edition). Abridged by Joseph T. Kelley, translated by William Babcock, notes by Boniface Ramsey, New City Press, 2018.Brown, Peter. Augustine of Hippo: A Biography (New Edition, with an Epilogue). University of California Press, 2000.Chambers, David. "Augustine’s Philosophy of History in the City of God." Reformed & Confessional, Oct. 14."Comparing Thomas Hobbes and Augustine Essay." Bartleby.com.Elshtain, Jean Bethke. Augustine and the Limits of Politics. Goodreads.Fitzgerald, Allan D., editor. Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009.Fredriksen, Paula. "Apocalypse and Redemption in Early Christianity: From John of Patmos to Augustine of Hippo." Vigiliae Christianae, vol. 45, 1991, pp. 151-83."Has anyone read St. Augustine's confessions and City of God?" Reddit, r/classics."Impressions after reading City of God by St. Augustine." Reddit, r/Christianity.Krause, Paul. "An Invitation to Augustine's 'City of God'." The Imaginative Conservative."Leviathan (Hobbes book)." Wikipedia."List of most influential/best political philosophers?" Reddit, r/askphilosophy."Machiavelli v St. Augustine, a Tale of Two Cities: (A Philosophical Comparison between the City of Man and the City of God)."Madi, Maria Alejandra. A Philosophical Look at Social Justice in Saint Augustine’s City of God. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022.Mattox, John Mark. "Augustine: Political and Social Philosophy." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy."Niccolò Machiavelli - Discourses on Livy." Democracy Paradox.O'Daly, Gerard. Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide. Oxford University Press, USA, 2004.Plauché, Geoffrey Allan. "Ancient vs. Modern Political Thought." Geoffrey Allan Plauché, PHD, 9 Apr. 2011.Pomerleau, Wayne P. "Western Theories of Justice." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Ricker, Aaron. "Book Reviews 157 Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity."Robb. "Augustine, Scripture, and City of God…" QUAERENS: Journal of Theology and Christianity Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, June 2022, pp. 46-49.Root, Matthew. "This World is Not Our Home: St Augustine and the Sack of Rome." Matthew Root, WordPress.com.Schaff, Philip, editor. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series I, Volume 2. Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 1886.Seaton, Paul. "The Fighting Spirit of St. Augustine's City of God." Law & Liberty."St Augustine's City of God and political philosophy." Reddit, r/theology.Toom, Tarmo, editor. Augustine in Context. Cambridge University Press, 2017."The City of God." Wikipedia."Augustine of Hippo." Wikipedia.