City of God (Books XIX - XXII)

Augustine, City of God (Books XIX – XXII).

The best edition for our purposes is Augustine, Political Writings (Ernest L. Fortin and Douglas Kries, eds., Michael W. Tkacz and Douglas Kries, trans., Hackett 1994). Fortin adds a useful introduction to Augustine’s political thought, and each book of the City of God is edited to bite-sized portions.