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Augustine of Hippo thought empires always end up fighting endless wars. Shawn Aghajan, the son of an Iranian immigrant to the United States as well as the Prince of Peace, shows us how devastating it is that American defenders of Augustine's political theology have ignored this insight. American Christians today must no longer evade asking how Christians come to defend and even love the violence endemic to being the 'greatest nation on earth.' --Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen Shawn Aghajan gives us a new, insightful discussion of how to be Christian and also American. He offers new readings of St. Augustine that remind us: God alone is good, so no 'side' of American imperialism is going to create the promised land. Rather, Aghajan suggests that we take seriously Augustinian theology and practices that show a way to be Christian even in the midst of an imperial age. --Jana M. Bennett, University of Dayton

"""""Augustine of Hippo thought empires always end up fighting endless wars. Shawn Aghajan, the son of an Iranian immigrant to the United States as well as the Prince of Peace, shows us how devastating it is that American defenders of Augustine's political theology have ignored this insight. American Christians today must no longer evade asking how Christians come to defend and even love the violence endemic to being the 'greatest nation on earth.'"""" --Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen """"Shawn Aghajan gives us a new, insightful discussion of how to be Christian and also American. He offers new readings of St. Augustine that remind us: God alone is good, so no 'side' of American imperialism is going to create the promised land. Rather, Aghajan suggests that we take seriously Augustinian theology and practices that show a way to be Christian even in the midst of an imperial age."""" --Jana M. Bennett, University of Dayton"

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Shawn A. Aghajan is a perpetual teacher and learner. He is currently honing both skills with his wife and four daughters from a small, industrial backwater within the empire.

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