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Scott Carr, Jr.
Jun 18, 202225 min read
Early Church Greatest Hits on Celibacy
The early Christian church’s practice of celibacy has drawn the sustained attention of scholars since the late twentieth century. ...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Nov 24, 20204 min read
Augustine 2020: Closing Arguments
We have come to the end of a long journey. As we continue to live with the fallout of one of the most contentious elections in living...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Nov 17, 20204 min read
Augustine 2020: Lying
If there is one moral topic applicable to modern politics, it is that of “lying”. Most Americans assume our politicians are liars while...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Nov 13, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: The Status of Women
In our contemporary discourse, the subject of gender looms large, especially in discussing gender inequality, abuse, and sexuality....
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Nov 10, 20203 min read
Augustine 2020: The Pursuit of Property, I Mean, Happiness
In our last post, we considered Augustine’s varied response to imperial persecution of a heretical sect known as the Donatists [1]. In...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Nov 6, 20206 min read
Augustine 2020: The One Augustine Couldn't Figure Out
In today’s post, we arrive at an intriguing, puzzling, and frustrating element of Augustine’s thought, the subject of using persecution...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Nov 3, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: War
No discussion about politics is complete without discussing the topic of war and Augustine is no exception. His political thought is most...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 30, 20206 min read
Augustine 2020: Self-Defense and Divine Law
We are now turning our attention to Augustine’s thoughts on various ethical matters related to our political life together. We will begin...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 27, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: Can Christians Participate in Politics?
In today’s post, we will consider an important question: Is Christianity compatible with politics? We have not asked this question...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 23, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: Everlasting Life in the City of God
Last time, we looked at the bad news of the Last Judgment, but today, we arrive at the good news. We have said throughout this study that...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 20, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: Judgment on Evil
Having turned to the subject of the last judgment [1], Augustine turns to the most controversial element of God’s judgment, the judgment...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 16, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: The Last Judgment
Discussions of Revelation and the “end times” play a vital role in Christian political debates. Eschatology, the theological name for the...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 13, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: The Supreme Good and the City
Book XIX of The City of God is the heart of Augustine’s political theology and the work’s argument. It is a wide-ranging, masterful, and...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 9, 20203 min read
Augustine 2020: Persecution
Last week, we concluded a brief mini-series on how to understand the nation of Israel in the Old Testament in light of the two cities as...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 6, 20204 min read
Augustine 2020: The Kings of Israel
Last week, we saw how the promises to Israel in the Old Testament apply to the Kingdom of Christ and cannot apply to any other earthly...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 2, 20204 min read
Augustine 2020: The Nation of Israel
So how should we read the Old Testament passages addressed to the nation of Israel? We need to see that they are specifically addressed to I
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Sep 29, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: Love in the Earthly City
Augustine now turns his attention to tracing the progress of the two cities, focusing on the biblical text. Book XV of The City of God...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Sep 22, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: Life in the Two Cities
#Augustine2020 will be published twice a week beginning October 1. Subscribe now so you don't miss a single installment! The fourteenth...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Sep 15, 20204 min read
Augustine 2020: The Earthly City, Domain of Death
#Augustine2020 will be published twice a week beginning October 1. Subscribe now so you don't miss a single installment! Last time, we...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Sep 8, 20204 min read
Augustine 2020: Evil and the Good Creation
The City of God’s twelfth book continues Augustine’s discussion of angels and demons and asks simply, “How did the demons become evil?”...
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