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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060535377
ISBN-139780060535377
eBay Product ID (ePID)30888894
Product Key Features
Book TitleAugustine : a New Biography
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicChristianity / Saints & Sainthood, Africa / General, Religious, Biblical Studies / General
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJames J. O'donnell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight24.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-058347
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal270.2/092 B
SynopsisAugustine, sinner and saint, 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. Augustine: A New Biography tells the story of Augustine from the vantage point of Hippo, where he spent almost forty years as priest and bishop. During Augustine's post-Confessions years he became prominent as a churchman, politician, and writer, and James J. O'Donnell looks back at the events in the Confessions from this period in Augustine's life. Much of Augustine's writing consists of sermons and letters rich in vivid primary material about the events of his time. Prosperous men converting to Christianity to get ahead, priests covering up their sexual and financial peccadilloes, generals playing coldly calculated games of Roman barbarian geopolitics -- these are the figures who stand out in Augustine's world and who populate O'Donnell's intriguing portrait set against a background of the battle over the future of Christianity. This book reveals much of what Augustine didn't confess.