ISBN-13
9780060535384
Publisher
Ecco Press
Publication Date
25 April 2006
Age Range
NA - NA years
Dimensions
20.27 x 13.36 x 2.64 CM
Shipping Weight
0.36 Kg
Pages
432
Language
English
Grade Level
NA - NA
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.