Saint Augustine

<b>Look out for a new book from Garry Wills <i>What The Qur'an Meant</i> coming fall 2017. <br></b><br>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.<p> </p><p><b>Saint Augustine</b> 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.</p>