Augustine : a new biography / James J. O'Donnell.
O'Donnell, James Joseph, 1950-
2006
BR1720.A9 O36 2006 (Mapit)
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Title Augustine : a new biography / James J. O'Donnell.
Author O'Donnell, James Joseph, 1950-
ISBN 0060535385 (pbk.)
Imprint New York : Harper Perennial, c2006.
Language English
Description xvi, 396 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number BR1720.A9 O36 2006
Summary Augustine, sinner and saint, the 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. During his post-Confessions years he became prominent as a churchman, politician, and writer, and 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 about the events of his time: prosperous men converting to Christianity to get ahead, priests covering up sexual and financial peccadilloes, generals playing coldly calculated games of Roman geopolitics--these are the figures who stand out in Augustine's world and who populate O'Donnell's portrait, set against a background of the battle over the future of Christianity.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-374) and index.
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