4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Arab Muslim historian and philosopher — author of the Muqaddimah (Prolegomena) — who created the science of sociology (before the term existed) and the cyclical theory of history through asabiyya (social solidarity) — the most significant social theorist of the medieval world.
North African bishop and theologian — author of Confessions and The City of God — who created the Christian theological framework for original sin, predestination, grace, and just war — whose thought shaped Western Christianity more than any other figure after Paul.
North African bishop who wrote Confessions, City of God, and On Christian Doctrine — the most influential theologian in Western Christianity — who converted from Manicheanism through Platonism to Christianity, synthesized Platonic philosophy with Christian theology, and formulated the doctrines of original sin and predestination.
North African Christian theologian — the first major theological writer in Latin — who coined the term 'Trinity' (trinitas), wrote polemics against paganism and heresy, and is famous for 'I believe because it is absurd' (credo quia absurdum) — though the exact phrase is disputed.