St. Augustine and the Theory of Just War </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Mattox, John Mark</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">3:0</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.K</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Continuum</publisher> <dateIssued>2006</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>196tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The decline of the Roman Empire gave rise to two problems, which combined to form one of the most perplexing philosophical questions of late antiquity. On the one hand, Rome found itself under constant military threat as various tribes from the north and east encroached along its borders to fill the power vacuum left by the receding Empire. On the other hand, adherents to the Empire's new official faith - Christianity - found themselves without clear guidance as to what military roles their faith would permit</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">John Mark Mattox</note> <subject> <topic>Augustine, -- of Hippo, Saint, -- 354-430</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">172.42</classification> <classification authority="ddc">M435-J65</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780826487797</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14961/79.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14961/79.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071426.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>