Augustine of Hippo : a life

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Author:

Chadwick, Henry, 1920-2008.

ISBN:

9780199588060

Personal Author:

Chadwick, Henry, 1920-2008.

Publication Information:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Physical Description:

xx, 177 p. ; 21 cm.

Contents:

A personal quest -- Cassiciacum and the death of Monnica at Ostia -- Back to Thagaste -- Discovering the church -- Bishop -- North African Christianity -- Christian culture -- Divided Christians -- Discerning the Trinity -- Two cities -- Freedom and grace.

Abstract:

"The life and works of Augustine of Hippo (354-430) have shaped the development of the Christian Church, sparking controversy and influencing the ideas of theologians through subsequent centuries. Augustine's intellectual development is recounted with clarity and warmth in th is newly rediscovered biography by the acclaimed church historian, the late Henry Chadwick. Augustine's journey from schoolboy and student to Bishop and champion of Western Christendom in a period of intense political upheaval, is narrated in Chadwick's characteristically rigorous yet sympathetic style."--BOOK JACKET.

Personal Subject:

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Subject Term:

Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography.

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Augustine (354-430) had a profound impact on the development of the Christian Church, sparking controversy and influencing the ideas of theologians for over fifteen centuries. His words are still frequently quoted in devotions today and his key themes retain a striking contemporary relevance--what is the place of the Church in the world? What is the relation between nature and grace? In Augustine of Hippo, the late Henry Chadwick--a renowned authority on Augustine--describes with clarity and warmth the intellectual development of this key Father of the Church. In his characteristically rigorous yet sympathetic style, Chadwick traces Augustine's intellectual journey from schoolboy and student to Bishop and champion of Christendom in a period of intense political upheaval, providing valuable insight into the progression of Augustine's ideas. With a foreword reflecting on Chadwick's distinctive approach to Augustine by Peter Brown, and a further reading list on Augustine compiled by Gillian Clark, this volume is both an essential assessment of Augustine and a final tribute to one of the great church historians of the twentieth century.