{"product_id":"a-commonwealth-of-hope-9780691226330","title":"A Commonwealth of Hope","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Lamb] introduces his readers to another Augustine. This Augustine was not a pessimist but a champion of hope. He encouraged his hearers to hope for the well-being of the city. And he possessed an expansive vision of Christians and non-Christians working together to improve their lives on earth.\"\u003cb\u003e---Aaron Alexander Zubia, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating revisionist view of the political thought of St. Augustine. Contrary to a popular perception of Augustine as an otherworldly thinker who accents ‘darkness and pessimism,’ Lamb sketches a persuasive portrait of a thinker who ‘encourages a realistic hope for a better form of community not only in heaven but on earth.’\"\u003cb\u003e---E.J. Dionne, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Michael Lamb offers a compelling and timely defense of the virtue of hope, presenting Augustine as a significant resource for those who seek to foster political community today . . . [and] a major contribution to the work of rehabilitating Augustine as a vital interlocutor for those seeking to promote good citizenship.\"\u003cb\u003e---Veronica Roberts Ogle, \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Lamb] enters a thoroughly overcrowded senior common room, but he does so with panache in this his first major book. He writes clearly and demonstrates an impressive knowledge of primary and secondary sources. . . . Any thoughtful Christian who engages with secular colleagues in the public domain today might learn from this new book.\"\u003cb\u003e---Canon Robin Gill, \u003ci\u003eChurch Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Michael Lamb’s \u003ci\u003eA Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine’s Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e is an important intervention not only in Augustine studies, but also in our politics of stagnation and hopelessness.\"\u003cb\u003e---Terence Sweeney, \u003ci\u003ePublic Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Excellent.\"\u003cb\u003e---Frank Litton, \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A new and innovative interpretation of Augustine’s political thought that supports political engagement with the expectation of improvements in this world.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Erudite and compelling. . . . \u003ci\u003eA Commonwealth of Hope \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautifully written, carefully argued, and illuminating reexamination of Augustine’s political thought that presents a richer picture of Augustine’s political thought.\"\u003cb\u003e---Matthew H. Young, \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eA Commonwealth of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Lamb has provided what I take to be a faithful and powerful reading of Augustine that should become indispensable, if not normative, for future uses of the bishop of Hippo within political theory. . . . I whole-heartedly recommend this book to any scholar of Augustine, be they interested in the explicitly political aspects or not.\"\u003cb\u003e---Adam Ployd, \u003ci\u003eAugustinian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403913240919,"sku":"9780691226330","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691226330.jpg?v=1730484872","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-commonwealth-of-hope-9780691226330","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}