Saint Augustine
by Wills, Garry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0297842811
- ISBN 13
- 9780297842811
- Seller
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Leominster, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Bedlam Books & Music (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001760
- Title
- Saint Augustine
- Author
- Wills, Garry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0297842811
- ISBN 13
- 9780297842811
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 153
- Keywords
- Religion. Christianity. Lives of the Saints. Biography.
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