Augustine's Apocalyptic Political Theology in the Evil Saeculum - Pung Ryong Kim

Augustine's Apocalyptic Political Theology in the Evil Saeculum

By: Pung Ryong Kim

Hardcover | 15 October 2024

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Augustine's Apocalyptic Political Theology in the Evil Saeculum investigates Augustine's apocalyptic political theology under the premise that he perceived the saeculum, or this age, as evil. Augustine views the saeculum as wicked because of the activity of the devil and demons. For Augustine, the devil perverted our social life and politics by mediating the false collective memory of the created world, social life, and politics through media, such as various religio-cultural liturgies and literary works. In particular, the demons reinforced Roman citizens' amor sui, amor laudis, and libido dominandi by employing pagan rituals and literature that mediated the collective memory of the imperial period, justifying the existence and expansion of the empire. As such, this book explores the socio-political implications of Augustine's demonology.

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The decolonial moment has underlined the importance of western theologians hearing what non-western readers hear in their canonical texts. Pung Ryong Kim insightfully draws out what is lost from when contemporary readers marry Augustine to democratic liberal politics, betraying the radicality of his own politics and depriving Christians of the resources needed to think beyond the tired ruts of partisan politics. This volume is essential reading for political theologians in times which the political lives of western democracies are so starkly dysfunctional in their inability to transcend what divides them. -- Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen

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