Augustine: A New Biography
by James J. O'Donnell
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- Augustine. Biography As New As New
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- 0060535377
- ISBN 13
- 9780060535377
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2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Augustine. Biography As New As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. About the book: Augustine, 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.
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- 005433
- Title
- Augustine: A New Biography
- Author
- James J. O'Donnell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Augustine. Biography As New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060535377
- ISBN 13
- 9780060535377
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾\" tall
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