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" Augustine on war and military service / "
Phillip Wynn.
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BL
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849518
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Wynn, Phillip Gerald
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| Title & Author
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Augustine on war and military service /\ Phillip Wynn.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: Fortress Press,, [2013]
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, ©2013
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x, 363 pages ;; 23 cm
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1451464738
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: 9781451464733
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-347) and indexes.
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Part I. The modern construction of an Augustinian just war -- War and military service in early Christianity, and the Constantinian revolution -- Accommodating the state : Ambrose of Milan and Martin of Tours -- The Roman just war and early Christianity -- Part II. Interpreting Augustine -- Augustine on militia -- Augustine on war -- Final victory and perfect peace -- The medieval construction of Augustine as an authority on war and military service -- Conclusion.
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"Did our modern understanding of just war originate with Augustine? In this sweeping reevaluation of the evidence, Phillip Wynn uncovers a nuanced story of Augustine's thoughts on war and military service, and gives us a more complete and complex picture of this important topic"--Publisher description.
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Augustine,354-430.
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Augustine,354-430
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Just war doctrine.
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War-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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War-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.
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Just war doctrine.
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War-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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War-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.
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241/.6242
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BT736.2.W96 2013
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