Augustine : a new biography / James J. O'Donnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Donnell, James J., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine.

Christian saints--Algeria--Hippo (Extinct city)--Biography.

Christian saints.

Algeria--Hippo (Extinct city).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 396 pages ; map; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper Perennial, [2006]

Summary:

Saint Augustine -- the celebrated theologian who served as Bishop of Hippo from 396 C.E. until his death in 430 C.E. -- is widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers in the Western world. His autobiography, "Confessions," remains among the most important religious writings in the Christian tradition. In this eye-opening and eminently readable biography, renowned historical scholar James J. O' Donnell picks up where Augustine himself left off to offer a fascinating, in-depth portrait of an unparalleled politician, writer, and churchman in a time of uncertainty and religious turmoil.

Augustine is a triumphant chronicle of an extraordinary life that is certain to surprise and enlighten even those who believed they knew the complex and remarkable man of God.

Contents:

The view from Africa

Augustine confesses

A modern classic

Augustine unvarnished

Augustine in his books

Augustine in public

Augustine and the invention of Christianity

The Augustinian putsch in Africa

Loomings

Augustine's great failure

Augustine the theologians

Who was Augustine?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-374) and index.

ISBN:

0060535385 :

OCLC:

68187175