Saint Augustine (Penguin Lives)
by Wills, Garry
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670886106
- ISBN 13
- 9780670886104
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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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
- Gulf Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0670886106-3-23767542
- Title
- Saint Augustine (Penguin Lives)
- Author
- Wills, Garry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0670886106
- ISBN 13
- 9780670886104
- Publisher
- Viking Pr
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999-01-01
- Size
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 10 oz