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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Texas

Augustine # 18

Great Books of the Western World 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than City of God. Since medieval Europe was the cradle of today's Western civilization, this work by consequence is vital for understanding our world and how it came into being. Saint Augustine is often regardarded as the most influential Christian thinker after Saint Paul, and City of God is his materpiece, a cast synthesis of religious and secular knowledge. It began as a reply to the charge that Christian otherworldiness was causing the decline of the Roman Empire. Augustine produced a wealth of evidence to prove that paganism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Then he proceeded to his larger theme, a cosmic interpretation of in terms of the struggle between good and evilL the City of God in conflict with the Earthly City or the City of the Devil. This, the first serious attempt at a philosophy of history, was to have incalculable influence in forming the Western mind on the relations of church and state, and on the Christian's place in the temporal order. The original City of God contained twenty-two books and filles three regular-sized volumes. This edition has been skillfully abridged for the intelligent general reader by Vernon J. Bourke, author of Augustine's Quest for Wisdom, making the heart of this monumental work available to a wide audience.

City of God

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This book explores 52 saints, some of them teachers, who faced similar challenges to those in education today. #paperback #teachers #saints #education #augustine #ignatius #homeschool 

Wisconsin

What Every Educator Can Learn from the Heroes of the Church

Discipline problems, self-doubt, tense meetings, classroom stress . . . Couldn't every teacher use some saintly help?

Every teacher can think of at least one mentor who has served as an inspiration over the years. However, many teachers--even those with a Catholic faith--might not have considered that saints can serve as mentors. Author and teacher Susan H. Swetnam believes that saints aren't only good teachers--they're the best teachers.

In My Best Teachers Were Saints, Swetnam focuses on fifty-two saints--many of them teachers--who faced challenges similar to those that nearly all educators face today, from indifferent students and recalcitrant colleagues to their own limitations and feelings of isolation. With the examples of saints such as Augustine, Ignatius of Loyola, and Scholastica, Swetnam eagerly shares how their words and deeds helped immensely in her own career as a teacher and how they can aid and inspire other educators as well.
Anyone involved in education--whether teaching religion or mathematics, kindergartners or graduate students--will discover within these pages a treasure trove of saintly help that is sure to prove that the best teachers are in fact saints!

My Best Teachers Were Saints

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Before he became the sainted church father of Christianity, Augustine of Hippo began a love affair with a young woman whose name has been lost to history. They were together for over thirteen years, and she bore him a son. This is her story. She met Augustine in Carthage when she was just seventeen years old. She was the daughter of a mosaic-layer. He was a student and the heir to a fortune. They fell in love, despite her lower station and Augustine's dreams of greatness. Their passion was strong, but the only position in his life that was available to her was as his concubine. When Augustine's ambition and family compelled him to disown his relationship with the her, X was thrust into a devastating reality as she was torn from her son and sent away to her native Africa. A reflection of what it means to love and lose, this novel paints a gripping and raw portrait of ancient culture, appealing to historical fiction fans while deftly exploring one woman's search for identity and happiness within very limited circumstances.

The Confessions of X

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Arizona

The Medieval Philisophers: The Age of Belief

#paperback #augustine #staugustine #christianity  #confessions 

New York

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Confessions

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#augustine #history #religion #philosophy 

Oregon

Conversions to Confessions

"This narrative of the first half of Augustine's life conjures the intellectual and social milieu of the late Roman Empire with a Proustian relish for detail." -- New York Times

In Augustine, celebrated historian Robin Lane Fox follows Augustine of Hippo on his journey to the writing of his Confessions. Unbaptized, Augustine indulged in a life of lust before finally confessing and converting. Lane Fox recounts Augustine's sexual sins, his time in an outlawed heretical sect, and his gradual return to spirituality. Magisterial and beautifully written, Augustine is the authoritative portrait of this colossal figure at his most thoughtful, vulnerable, and profound.

Augustine

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St. Augustine

Indiana

Abriged classic. Extremely influentual and always pertinent book. One label, (see photo) otherwise clean text.

City of God [abriged]

in excellent condition, no damage or writing in the book. smoke free home

Ohio

Social Studies

Offers a comprehensive view of St Augustine's political ideas.

Augustine: Political Writings

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South Carolina

Five Proofs of the Existence of GodÊprovides a detailed, updated exposition and defense of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God's existence: the Aristotelian proof, the Neo-Platonic proof, the Augustinian proof, the Thomistic proof, and the Rationalist proof. Ê This book also offers a detailed treatment of each of the key divine attributes -- unity, simplicity, eternity, omnipotence, omniscience, perfect goodness, and so forth -- showing that they must be possessed by the God whose existence is demonstrated by the proofs.Ê Finally, it answers at length all of the objections that have been leveled against these proofs. Ê This book offers as ambitious and complete a defense of traditional natural theology as is currently in print.Ê Its aim is to vindicate the view of the greatest philosophers of the past -- thinkers like Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Leibniz, and many others -- that the existence of God can be established with certainty by way of purely rational arguments.Ê It thereby serves as a refutation both of atheism and of the fideism which gives aid and comfort to atheism. Ê

Five Proofs of the Existence of God

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Written at the end of the fourth century, Augustine's rule for clergy in community spread like fire among stubble in the sweeping movement for reform of clerical life in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Among those who lived by it were Premonstratensians (Norbertines), Canons Regular of Saint Augustine and Augustinian Hermits 'Martin Luther's order ', several military orders, the Ursulines, Visitation Sisters, and the Dominican friars. Shorter and less detailed than the Rule of Benedict, the Rule of Augustine guides communities formed for the active ministry. Both masculine and feminine versions are translated here.

California

With Introduction & Commentary 

The Rule of Saint Augustine 

#hardcover #Augustine #FirstEdition #theology #biography 
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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Arkansas

Men of the Kingdom 

Augustine the Thinker 1906 First Edition 

#paperback #Augustine #MarcusDodds #TheCityOfGod 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Books I - XXII 

The City of God Complete 

Saint Augustine

The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered one of the greatest Christian classics of all time. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer that Augustine wrote as an autobiography sometime after his conversion, to confess his sins and proclaim God's goodness. Just as his first hearers were captivated by his powerful conversion story, so also have many millions been over the following sixteen centuries. His experience of God speaks to us across time with little need of transpositions. This acclaimed new translation by Sister Maria Boulding, O.S.B., masterfully captures his experience, and is written in an elegant and flowing style. Her beautiful contemporary translation of the ancient Confessions makes the classic work more accessible to modern readers. Her translation combines the linguistic accuracy demanded by 4th-century Latin with the poetic power aimed at by Augustine, not as discernable in previous translations.

The Confessions

One of the greatest theological works, and is one of the most influential Christian documents.

St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, was one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and City of God is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way forward to a citizenship that transcends the best political experiences of the world and offers citizenship that will last for eternity, City of God is one of the most influential documents in the development of Christianity.

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Augustine of Augustine of Hippo

R. S. Pine-Coffin

Kentucky

Dedicated to truth and the celebration of his individuality, the eighteenth-century French philosopher reexamines his life, ideals, and experiences

Justo L. González

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A Theologian Between Two Cultures

Few thinkers have been as influential as Augustine of Hippo, yet we easily forget he was a man of two cultures: African and Greco-Roman. Cuban American historian and theologian Justo González presents Augustine as a "mestizo" (mixed) theologian, using the perspective of his own Latino heritage to find in the bishop of Hippo a remarkable resource for the church today.

The Mestizo Augustine

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

This book introduces Augustine of Hippo and his influence on Christian theology, introducing the reader to Augustine's Confessions and their historical reception, especially during the Middle Ages and the Reformation.

St. Augustine, His Confessions, and His Influence

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This book is in very good condition. Pages are very readable. No highlighting or underlining. Pages are coming off the spine only slightly. An essential resource to anyone seriously studying the great Saint Augustine. Please DM for any questions.

Philosophy

An Encyclopedia

This one-volume reference work provides the first encyclopedic treatment of the life, thought, and influence of Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354-430), one of the greatest figures in the history of the Christian church. The product of more than 140 leading scholars throughout the world, this comprehensive encyclopedia contains over 400 articles that cover every aspect of Augustine's life and writings and trace his profound influence on the church and the development of Western thought through the past two millennia. Major articles examine in detail all of Augustine's nearly 120 extant writings, from his brief tractates to his prodigious theological works. For many readers, this volume is the only source for commentary on the numerous works by Augustine not available in English. Other articles discuss: Augustine's influence on other theologians, from contemporaries like Jerome and Ambrose to prominent figures throughout church history, such as Gregory the Great, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Harnack; Augustine's life, the chaotic political events of his world, and the church's struggles with such heresies as Arianism, Donatism, Manicheism, and Pelagianism; Augustine's thoughts about philosophical problems (time, the ascent of the soul, the nature of truth), theological questions (guilt, original sin, free will, the Trinity), and cultural issues (church-state relations, Roman society).

Augustine through the Ages

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#hardcover #Augustine #StAugustine #ChurchFathers #Genesis #BibleCommentary #nonfiction #religion #christian #theology 

Oklahoma

Ancient Christian Writers series

Set: The Literal Meaning of Genesis Volume 1 and 2

Raymond Geuss

Quentin Skinner

No writing. Minor corner bend on the back cover.

The first new rendition for a generation of one of the classic texts of Western civilisation.

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Great Books of the Western World

St. Augustine

City of God

Susan H. Swetnam

My Best Teachers Were Saints

Suzanne M. Wolfe

The Confessions of X

Anne Freemantle (editor)

The Medieval Philisophers: The Age of Belief

Albert C. Outler (Translator); Saint Augustine; Mark Vessey (Introduction by, Intro and Notes by)

Confessions

Robin Lane Fox

Augustine

St. Augustine

City of God

St. Augustine

City of God [abriged]

Augustine

Augustine: Political Writings

Edward Feser

Five Proofs of the Existence of God

St. Augustine Of Hippo; Tarsicius J. Van Bavel, O.S.A.; Raymond Canning, O.S.A.

The Rule of Saint Augustine

George W. Osmun

Augustine the Thinker 1906 First Edition

St. Augustine of Hippo

The City of God Complete

Augustine

The Confessions

Augustine of Augustine of Hippo; Henry Bettenson (Translator)

City of God

Augustine of Augustine of Hippo; R. S. Pine-Coffin

Confessions

Justo L. González

The Mestizo Augustine

Paul Rorem

St. Augustine, His Confessions, and His Influence

Allan D. Fitzgerald (Editor)

Augustine through the Ages

St. Augustine

Set: The Literal Meaning of Genesis Volume 1 and 2

Saint Augustine; Raymond Geuss; Quentin Skinner

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