Augustine's Theology of Preaching

Scholarship has painted many pictures of Augustinethe philosophical theologian the refuter of heresy or contributor to doctrines like Original Sinbut the picture of Augustine as preacher says Sanlon has been seriously neglected. When academics marginalize the Sermones ad Populum the real Augustine is not presented accurately. In this study Sanlon does more however than rehabilitate a neglected view of Augustine.How do the theological convictions that Augustine brought to his preaching challenge sustain or shape our work today? By presenting Augustines thought on preaching to contemporary readers Sanlon contributes a major new piece to the ongoing reconsideration of preaching in the modern day a consideration that is relevant to all branches of the twenty-first century church.