Saint Augustine Author:Garry Wills 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 Afri... more »ca 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.« less
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This is a biography of Saint Augustine. Lots of references provided at the end of the book. Dry reading, but the personalities do come through in the writing. Responds to some of the criticisms of St. Augustine, although not in great detail.