Nationalism and Heresy in Augustine

Name: Nationalism and Heresy in Augustine
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ISBN: 9798385247387

Greg Forster

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English

Pickwick Publications
16 March 2026

Religious ethics; History of religion; Christianity; Christian life & practice; Christian social thought & activity

Can nationalism be heresy? Augustine's social thought resisted both the religious nationalism of those who saw Rome's conquest of neighboring nations as God's redemptive work, and the religious isolationism of the Donatist sect that rejected all Christian involvement in Rome's public life. Augustine diagnosed both the nationalist and the isolationist temptation, not merely as unethical and imprudent, but as unorthodox and heretical--trusting in salvation by human works. His arguments against nationalism and isolationism mirror those he was using at the same time against the Pelagians; for Augustine, religious nationalism was missiological Pelagianism, while religious isolationism was ecclesiological Pelagianism. His writings against these two errors establish that fidelity to the gospel requires us to distinguish, but not separate, religious institutions and identities from political institutions and identities, creating a complex and ambiguous shared space within which the city of God and the worldly city engage in spiritual struggle. This fresh and innovative look at Augustine's social thought, from an interdisciplinary perspective that draws on theology and social science, speaks directly to questions that are urgent in every age of the church, including our own.

By: Greg Forster
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 649g
ISBN: 9798385247387
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 16 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Greg Forster is Affiliate Professor of biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and president of Karam Fellowship. He is the author of ten books and editor of six books, and has a PhD in both political philosophy (Yale) and theology (Free University Amsterdam).