America Looked In The Mirror
The first volume of TWO CITIES follows Rome from confidence to the shock of AD 410, setting the stage for Augustine’s great question: What happens when a civilization discovers that what it trusted was never permanent?
Volume Two explores Augustine’s central idea of the earthly city and the City of God, examining pride, humility, power, faith, and the two competing loves that shape human life. Volume Three brings Augustine’s two cities into modern America as Thomas Hale examines politics, money, debt, entertainment, anger, distrust, and the danger of turning temporary loyalties into ultimate ones.
Volume Four explores what Augustine’s City of God might mean for American citizens through service, stewardship, neighbor-love, truth, justice, religious faith, and responsible freedom.
Volume Five places America directly before the mirror of Rome and asks what history can teach about power, human nature, political saviors, Christian citizenship, national humility, and the possibility of correction.
The concluding volume of TWO CITIES explores elections, patriotism, national survival, political inheritance, and the values worth carrying into the future before ending with Augustine’s central challenge: Which city are we building?
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