I never tweet… and I don’t intend to make a habit of it. But! I got to contribute a chapter to a book with some friends @_Theopolis (all of them are way smarter than I’ll ever be). Check it out. Hope it’s helpful! https://t.co/Jpqy4nCjhF
#SummerintheCity Day 5: Augustine ends Book 2 with a good old-fashioned altar call. "To this true homeland we invite you, and we entreat you to join the number of its citizens whose sanctuary... is the true remission of sins." https://t.co/fz9IuZanl7
#SummerintheCity Day Four: Augustine argues the Roman theater gave divine sanction to human vices through demonic fictions. Christ offers a way out: drawing us away from worldly evils and towards an eternal and most glorious city. https://t.co/0Mr18ge61h
From the other side of the blog: A review of MacCulloch's biography of Thomas Cromwell. A fascinating and complicated man, instrumental in 1530s England + the English Reformation.
#SummerintheCity Day Three: Augustine argues that Roman anger at the Christians was driven by a desire for "unpunished extravagance," rather than an earnest desire for peace. Rome's prosperity brought moral decay.
https://t.co/aSLcdvs1Cn
#SummerintheCity Day Zero: Augustine's own outline of the City of God. Refuting Roman politicians and philosophers who promote Rome's gods (Bks 1-10). The origin, trajectory, and end of the two cities (Bks 11-22). https://t.co/17mlw8nRNV
#SummerintheCity Day Two: Augustine tackles two hard topics. Christian virtue cannot be taken away by what others do to you without your consent. "The body's holiness is not lost as long as the mind's holiness remains."
https://t.co/aSLcdvs1Cn