Augustine on War and Military Service

by W. Stott, Douglas, Phillip Wynn (Foreword by)

Overview

Did our modern understanding of just war originate with Augustine? In this sweeping reevaluation of the evidence, Phillip Wynn uncovers a nuanced story of Augustines thoughts on war and military service, and gives us a more complete and complex picture of this important topic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451469851
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	11/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	350
File size:	764 KB

About the Author

Phillip Wynn completed his Ph.D. at Notre Dame under the direction of Thomas F. X. Noble and has been awarded a fellowship as Fulbright scholar in residence at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheva, Israel. He has published articles on historiography and the history of ideas in the late antique and early medieval periods.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Abbreviations ix

Introduction 1

Part I.

1 The Modern Construction of an Augustinian Just War 9

2 War and Military Service in Early Christianity, and the Constantinian Revolution 33

3 Accommodating the State: Ambrose of Milan and Martin of Tours 73

4 The Roman Just War and Early Christianity 123

Part II.

5 Interpreting Augustine 147

6 Augustine on Militia 155

7 Augustine on War 213

8 Final Victory and Perfect Peace 265

9 The Medieval Construction of Augustine as an Authority on War and Military Service 297

10 Conclusion 321

Bibliography 337

Augustine's Texts Cited 349

Index of Augustinian Citations 351

General Index 355