Augustine's City of God. A Reader's Guide, Paperback - Gerard O'Daly

The City of God, written in the aftermath of the Gothic sack of Rome in AD 410, is the most influential of Augustine's works, having played a decis...

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Augustine of Hippo's The City of God is generally considered to be one of the key works of Late Antiquity. Written in response to allegations that ...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Associate Professor Barry A. (Ave Maria University, USA) DavidNumber of pages: 232Collection: Readin...

Provides introductions to classic works of philosophy. This book guides the reader to an understanding of the text as a whole, exploring the recept...

Friedrich Nietzsche was arguably the most important and influential thinker of the nineteenth century. "The Birth of Tragedy", his first published ...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): David L. FersterIllustration(s): 89 b/w illus.Number of pages: 328Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

Wendell Berry's poetry, fiction, and essays persistently ask the question: How can we live meaningful lives in a consumer-driven, fragmented age? H...

"For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." -Hebrews 13: 14 At the very heart of God's plan for the world stands an e...

Reducere. 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 Wester...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): David L. FersterIllustration(s): 89 b/w illus.Number of pages: 328Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

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City of God, the latest installment in Beverly Swerling's gripping saga of old New York, takes readers to Manhattan's clamorous streets as the nati...

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Reducere. Along with his Confessions, The City of God is undoubtedly St. Augustine's most influential work. In the context of what begins as a lengthy critiq...

Contributor(s): Author: AugustineEditor: R. W. DysonThis is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Saint AugustineIntroduction by: William BabcockNotes by: Boniface RamseyAugustine touches upon numerous topics, including t...

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Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has, despite its enormous popularity and importance, often stymied readers with its multitudinous characters, refer...

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Augustinus (354430 CE), son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste in North Africa, and his Christian wife Monica, while studying in Africa to become a r...

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Few novels have offered the modern reader such a fresh view of World War II as Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. With this new guide, you will have an...

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Publisher: St Augustine's PressAuthor(s): John PochNumber of pages: 196Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 230 x 18Cover type: Paperback / soft...

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Reducere. This handy, easy-to-use workbook is chock full of probing questions, real-life stories, and practical tips on how to apply the profound spiritual i...