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Saint Augustine: A Life

by Garry Wills

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Augustine between classical philosophy and Christian theology

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Augustine between classical philosophy and Christian theology

Garry Wills’s biography traces Augustine from his youth in fourth-century Africa through his conversion and growth as a theologian. It also takes up familiar claims about Augustine’s sexual life and examines how he drew on classical philosophy—including writers outside Christianity—in defending Christian thought. The book therefore places his religious development alongside the intellectual traditions he engaged with, offering a compact account of how those strands met in the life of an influential Christian philosopher.

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  • Readers interested in biographies of major Christian thinkers
  • Those exploring Augustine’s life and the relationship between classical philosophy and Christian theology

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Augustine’s life and conversionChristian theologyClassical philosophyReligious biography

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Book overview

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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