Toni Alimi
Assistant Professor at the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University, author of "Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics".
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Oct 28, 2024 • 1h 5min
Toni Alimi, "Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Toni Alimi, Assistant Professor at Cornell and author of Slaves of God, explores Augustine’s Roman intellectual roots and his surprising synthesis on slavery. The conversation covers Roman slavery’s realities, how Cicero, Seneca, and Lactantius shaped Augustine, and Augustine’s claim that true freedom is slavery to God. It highlights law, coercion, and the remaking of citizenship in late antiquity.
