{"product_id":"augustine-a-very-short-introduction-2","title":"Augustine: a Very Short Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Chadwick, Cambridge University (Emeritus). New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, softbound, 144 pages, 11 halftones.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAugustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher. His teachings had a profound effect on Medieval scholarship, Renaissance humanism, and the religious controversies of both the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. Here, Henry Chadwick places Augustine in his philosophical and religious context and traces the history of his influence on Western thought, both within and beyond the Christian tradition. A handy account to one of the greatest religious thinkers, this Very Short Introduction is both a useful guide for the one who seeks to know Augustine and a fine companion for the one who wishes to know him better.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The ten chapters of this volume discuss Augustine's views of free choice, vocation, creation, and other societal questions, while it also reveals biographical facts of the sage's life.\" --Worship and Arts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book is a marvel of comprehension achieved without a loss of clarity. As a connected account of Augustine, the thinker, it will doubtless stand as among the most popular which now exist.\" --International Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I do not know of any other summary of the mind of Augustine which serves the reader so well.\" --History: Reviews of New Books\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The best brief introduction to Augustine's context and thought for the beginning undergraduate. Excellent for history, philosophy, and religion courses--clear, elegant, thorough.\" --Robert I. Burns, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"All the main thought elements of Augustine set in the attracively told narrative of a fascinating life.\"-- John J. Glanville, San Francisco State University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Chadwick, Henry \/ Paperback","offer_id":49808796746005,"sku":null,"price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0845\/6880\/1557\/files\/66-Augustine-a-Very-Short-Introduction_cd9a98fa-ebfe-40ed-ba84-c221460301c3.jpg?v=1773421432","url":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.myshopify.com\/products\/augustine-a-very-short-introduction-2","provider":"FAIR Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}