Christian Realism and Augustinian (?) Liberalism

Kaufman, Peter Iver

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“…As we will see, he took strategic advantage of his most prominent interlocutor’s status to spell out his case for humanitas most fully. In disseminating his new judicial ideal through this letter and others, Augustine did not ask judges to “bear with the system,” as Peter Kaufman has suggested, but gave them a reason to limit their use of torture and execution (, 701).…”

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“…See, especially, the first footnote in Kaufman, where he notes that “the problem most cited in studies of such tensions [that is, the difficulties faced by Christian public servants] is that of Christian magistrates obliged to torture witnesses as well as the accused to get to the truth. Augustine counsels judges to bear with the system yet to pray for their deliverance from its more onerous and morally dubious tasks” (, 701).…”

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Sheathing the Sword: Augustine and the Good Judge

Ogle¹

2018

Journal of Religious Ethics

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In this article, I offer a reading of City of God 19.6 that is consonant with Augustine’s message to real judges. Often read as a suggestion that torture and execution are judicially necessary, I argue that 19.6 actually calls such necessities into question, though this is not its primary purpose; first and foremost, 19.6 is an indictment of Stoic apatheia. Situating 19.6 within Augustine’s larger polemic against the Stoics, I find that it presents the Stoic judge as a man who lacks fellow feeling, and therefore, has only a parodic happiness, costly to himself and those judges. A new look at Augustine’s letters to judges confirms this reading, and shows that, for Augustine, the man of humanitas is the true model for the good judge, not the man of apatheia.

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Sheathing the Sword: Augustine and the Good Judge

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2018

Journal of Religious Ethics

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“…26 Kaufman criticizes how Christian realists use Augustine's ontology, ecclesiology, and soteriology while fighting their opponents (e.g., secularists or "moralizers"). He argues that these kinds of Christian realism -what is, in theory, partly based on Augustine's thoughtare not Augustinian (Kaufman, 2017). Though Niebuhr is mentioned in the article several times, the author's primary opponent is not him but his followers, current Christian realists like Lovin.…”

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“…For instance, in his article, Christian Realism and Augustinian Liberalism (? ), Peter Iver Kaufman evaluates Augustine and his relation to Christian realism (Kaufman, 2017). 26 Moreover, Charles Lemert's biography on Niebuhr, Why Niebuhr Matters?, also devotes a part to Augustine's relevance in Niebuhr's thought (Charles, 2011, pp.…”

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„A Critical Student of Augustine” – Reinhold Niebuhr’s Interpretation of Augustine

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In the past half-century, the American social sciences have been eager to research Reinhold Niebuhr’s ideas. Most current works on Niebuhr deal with either what Niebuhr thought or its contemporary consequences. This has distracted the attention from the “sources” of Niebuhr, namely, what kind of theoretical influences affected him while shaping his political thought. This objection is valid even in the case of (Saint) Augustine (354-430), who – based on the relevant literature, Niebuhr’s intellectual autobiography, and his wife’s, Ursula’s Niebuhr statements – has had a significant influence on his thought. In a private letter, Niebuhr called himself a “critical student of Augustine.” This dissertation aims to fill a theoretical gap through a systematic elaboration and evaluation of Niebuhr’s interpretation of Augustine. The dissertation – by overviewing Niebuhr’s scholarly work – presents how Niebuhr interpreted Augustine and his ideas. The focus is on the content and context of Niebuhr’s thoughts on Augustine and his ideas, the different characteristics of Niebuhr’s theoretical phases, the reasons for changes, and the overall picture. The main body of the research is based on primary sources from Niebuhr; nineteen books were processed, most of which are monographs or compilations of essays and sermons. The initial novelty of the dissertation lies in the systematic effort to understand Niebuhr’s interpretation of Augustine throughout his life and scholarship. It also shortly refers to the gravest misunderstandings of Niebuhr’s interpretation of Augustine. Furthermore, it seriously considers the numerous influences (theoretical and historical) that changed Niebuhr’s perspective on Augustine (for instance, Charles Norris Cochrane’s impact). Ultimately, the incessant focus on the chronological aspect helped formulate grounded conclusions connected to Augustine, for instance, in the case of Christian realism.

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A Companion to Augustine

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Christian Realism and Augustinian (?) Liberalism

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Sheathing the Sword: Augustine and the Good Judge

Sheathing the Sword: Augustine and the Good Judge

„A Critical Student of Augustine” – Reinhold Niebuhr’s Interpretation of Augustine

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