Synopses & Reviews
Augustine of Hippo: Faithful Servant, Spiritual Leader, part of the Libary of World Biography Series, 1/e, is a concise and readable text. Each interpretive biography in the Library of World Biography Series focuses on a person whose actions and ideas either significantly influenced world events or whose life reflects important themes and developments in global history.
Synopsis
Augustine of Hippo: Faithful Servant, Spiritual Leader, part of the Libary of World Biography Series, is a concise text. Each interpretive biography in the Library of World Biography Series focuses on a person whose actions and ideas either significantly influenced world events or whose life reflects important themes and developments in global history.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter One: Augustine’s World
Chapter Two: Augustine’s Childhood — A Son of Great Promise (conf. I.16.26)
Chapter Three: Augustine’s Youth — Sizzling in Carthage (conf. III.1.1)
Chapter Four: Augustine the Man — In Pursuit of a Future
Chapter Five: Augustine’s Conversion — The doctors call it a crisis! (cf. conf. VI.1.1)
Chapter Six: Augustine the Convert — Comings and Goings
Chapter Seven: Augustine the Priest — A Future Found, a Past Remembered
Chapter Eight: Augustine and the Donatist challenge — Compelling Love
Chapter Nine: Augustine, Bishop of Hippo Regius — Building Community
Chapter Ten: Augustine and God’s Freedom — Against All Odds
Chapter Eleven: Augustine the Spiritual Leader — A Dying City
Epilogue
A Note on the Sources