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Augustine And Corruption, Peter Iver Kaufman
Augustine And Corruption, Peter Iver Kaufman
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Augustine's political thought or, as it is often called, political theology is a matter of considerable dispute. 'Augustine and Corruption' approaches that dispute by examining the evidence that Ramsay MacMullen presented to substantiate his observation that Augustine 'approved of' corruption. I read that evidence differently and use Augustine's remarks about bribes paid to court clerks, schemes to defraud philanthropists, and tax evasion to support what has been aptly called 'a minimalist' interpretation of his political expectations.
Donatism Revisited: Moderates And Militants In Late Antique North Africa, Peter Iver Kaufman
Donatism Revisited: Moderates And Militants In Late Antique North Africa, Peter Iver Kaufman
Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications
The little we know about the relationships between moderate and militant Donatists in the late fourth and early fifth centuries tells us more about the opposition that both groups stirred among the Caecilianists. What follows is an effort to reenter the Caecilianists’ polemic to discover what we can learn about Donatism and its critics, chiefly Augustine, by reading the evidence with some useful conclusions drawn from the study of more recent religious violence.