Ebook {Epub PDF} The Republic of Grace: Augustinian Thoughts for Dark Times by Charles T. Mathewes

 · “Charles Mathewes has rapidly developed respect in the scholarly guild for his first-rate scholarship offering a renewal of Augustinian public theology for our time. The Republic of Grace marks Mathewes’s turn toward the communication of this rich tradition to a broader audienceBrand: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company. With The Republic of Grace Charles Mathewes aims to supply a primer of politics and the public square to help Christians in these dark times find hope in public life. He asks such questions as How should our Christian convictions lead us to see the world differently than those who do not share them?/5(5). “Mathewes reminds us that faith, hope, and love give shape to politics as well as personal life. His Augustinian reflections for dark times serve the same purpose as the great theologian’s sermons and writings. He gives us confidence in the direction of history, Reviews: 6.

The Republic of Grace: Augustinian Thoughts for Dark Times. By Charles Mathewes. Pp. vii, , Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, , $ Download Citation | On Jan 1, , Antonio Calcagno published The Republic of Grace: Augustinian Thoughts for Dark Times. By Charles Mathewes. Pp. vii, , Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, , $ The Republic of Grace: Augustinian Thoughts for Dark Times - Kindle edition by Mathewes, Charles. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Republic of Grace: Augustinian Thoughts for Dark Times.

The subtitle makes clear that Mathewes's hope is that Augustine of Hippo's thought can renew the shared practice of hope, faith, and love in the same way that Augustine's City of God made those practical virtues compelling after the fall of Rome in the fifth century and through the so-called Dark Ages. Practices of hope, faith, and love are needed now for the early twenty-first century's severe social, political, ecological, and economic challenges. The Republic of Grace: Augustinian Thoughts for Dark Times. With The Republic of Grace Charles Mathewes aims to supply a primer of politics and the public square to help Christians in these dark times find hope in public life. In The Republic of Grace: Augustinian Thoughts for Dark Times Charles Mathewes aims to supply a primer of politics and the public square to help Christians in these dark times find hope in public life. He asks such questions as How should our Christian convictions lead us to see the world differently than those who do not share them?.