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Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine

Garry Wills
3.5/5 ( ratings)
Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills brings the same fresh scholarship, lively prose, and critical appreciation that characterize his well-known books on religion and American history to this outstanding biography of one of the most influential Christian philosophers.Saint Augustine follows its subject from his youth in fourth-century Africa to his conversion and subsequent development as a theologian. It challenges the widely held misconceptions about Augustine’s sexual excesses and shows how, in embracing classical philosophy, Augustine managed to enlist “pagan authors” in the defense of Christianity. The result is a biography that makes a spiritual ancestor feel like our contemporary.
Language
English
Pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books
Release
August 30, 2005
ISBN
0143035983
ISBN 13
9780143035985

Saint Augustine

Garry Wills
3.5/5 ( ratings)
Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills brings the same fresh scholarship, lively prose, and critical appreciation that characterize his well-known books on religion and American history to this outstanding biography of one of the most influential Christian philosophers.Saint Augustine follows its subject from his youth in fourth-century Africa to his conversion and subsequent development as a theologian. It challenges the widely held misconceptions about Augustine’s sexual excesses and shows how, in embracing classical philosophy, Augustine managed to enlist “pagan authors” in the defense of Christianity. The result is a biography that makes a spiritual ancestor feel like our contemporary.
Language
English
Pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books
Release
August 30, 2005
ISBN
0143035983
ISBN 13
9780143035985

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