Saint Augustine [FIRST EDITION]
by WILLS, Garry [SIGNED] [ASSOCIATION COPY]
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good
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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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- Uncharted Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4281
- Title
- Saint Augustine [FIRST EDITION]
- Author
- WILLS, Garry [SIGNED] [ASSOCIATION COPY]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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