{"product_id":"saint-augustine-a-life-9780143035985","title":"Saint Augustine: A Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eLook out for a new book from Garry Wills, \u003ci\u003eWhat The Qur'an Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, coming fall 2017. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulitzer 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.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaint Augustine\u003c\/b\u003e follows its subject from his youth in fourth-century Africa 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Garry Wills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.06h x 5.04w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143035985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2005 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarry Wills \u003c\/b\u003eis a historian and the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eWhat Jesus Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePapal Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am a Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy Priests?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. A frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43331557228659,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1e0d334d-3a8e-4393-808d-bd7f4003bf6c.jpg?v=1754655892","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/saint-augustine-a-life-9780143035985","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}