Challenges in the Appropriation of Augustine
James K. A. Smith's Awaiting the King is the most effective popularization of Augustine's political thought currently available, but its reliance on the work of Oliver O'Donovan obscures uncomfortable elements of Augustine's thought, and it does not adequately address how the rac...
| Published in: | Studies in Christian ethics |
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| Subtitles: | A Panel Discussion of James K. A. Smith’s Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Sage
[2019]
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Studies in Christian ethics
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| Review of: | Cultural liturgies ; volume 3: Awaiting the King (Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2017) (Lee, Gregory W.)
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBE Anthropology NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Book review B Race B Willie Jennings B Liturgy B Class B Oliver O'Donovan B Political Theology B Formation |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | James K. A. Smith's Awaiting the King is the most effective popularization of Augustine's political thought currently available, but its reliance on the work of Oliver O'Donovan obscures uncomfortable elements of Augustine's thought, and it does not adequately address how the racial and socioeconomic composition of Christian communities is itself formative. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "A Response to Critics (2019)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946818806789 |