Evil and the Augustinian Tradition

This explores the ''family biography'' of the Augustinian tradition by looking at Augustine''s work and its development in the writings of Hannah Arendt and Reinhold Niebuhr. Mathewes argues that the Augustinian tradition offers us a powerful, though commonly misconstrued, proposal for understanding and responding to evil''s challenges. The book casts light on Augustine, Niebuhr and Arendt, as wel...