In a stimulating and provocative reinterpretation of Augustine's ideas and their position in the Western intellectual tradition, Miles Hollingworth, though well versed in the latest scholarship, draws his inspiration largely from the actual narrative of Augustine's life. By this means he reintroduces a cardinal but long-neglected fact to the centre of Augustinian studies: that there is a direct line from Augustine's own early experiences of life to his later commentaries on humanity.

St Augustine of Hippo was the earliest thinker to develop a distinctively Christian political and social philosophy. He does so mainly from the perspective of Platonism and Stoicism; but by introducing the biblical and Pauline conceptions of sin, grace and predestination he radically transforms the 'classical' understanding of the political. Humanity is not perfectible through participation in the life of a moral community; indeed, there are no moral communities on earth. Humankind is fallen; we are slaves of self-love and the destructive impulses generated by it. The State is no longer the matrix within which human beings can achieve ethical goods through co-operation with other rational and moral beings. Augustine's response to classical political assumptions and claims therefore transcends 'normal' radicalism. His project is not that of drawing attention to weaknesses and inadequacies in our political arrangements with a view to recommending their abolition or improvement. Nor does he adopt the classical practice of delineating an ideal State. To his mind, all States are imperfect: they are the mechanisms whereby an imperfect world is regulated. They can provide justice and peace of a kind, but even the best earthly versions of justice and peace are not true justice and peace. It is precisely the impossibility of true justice on earth that makes the State necessary. Robert Dyson's new book describes and analyses this 'transformation' in detail and shows Augustine's enormous influence upon the development of political thought down to the thirteenth century.

The restless heart and searching mind of this influential early church father can offer spiritual and intellectual companionship for your spiritual journey. Augustine of Hippo (354–430), theologian, priest, and bishop, is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He is known as much for his long interior struggle that ended with conversion and baptism at age thirty-two as for his influential teachings on human will, original sin and the theology of just war. Cherished as a model for the pursuit of a life of spiritual grace and criticized for his theory of predestination, Augustine is recognized as a living expression of the passion to understand and communicate the deeper meanings of human experience. With fresh translations drawn from Augustine's voluminous writings and probing facing-page commentary, Augustinian scholar Joseph T. Kelley, PhD, provides insight into the mind and heart of this foundational Christian figure. Kelley illustrates how Augustine’s keen intellect, rhetorical skill and passionate faith reshaped the theological language and dogmatic debates of early Christianity. He explores the stormy religious arguments and political upheavals of the fifth century, Augustine’s controversial teachings on predestination, sexuality and marriage, and the deep undercurrents of Augustine’s spiritual quest that still inspire Christians today.

THE SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO COLLECTION [53 BOOKS] SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO - 53 Books: 50 by the Author, 3 About the Author - Over4.6 Million Words in one E-Book - Includes the Complete Edition of Expositions on the Book of Psalms: Volumes I-VI, Psalms 1-150 - Includes an Active Index and Table of Contents for each book with Layered NCX Navigation - Includes Illustrations by Gustave Dore Saint Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 - 28 August 430) was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was bishop of Hippo Regius (present-day Annaba, Algeria) located in the Roman province of Africa. Writing during the Patristic Era, he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in the West. Among his most important works are City of God and Confessions. The Confessions of Saint Augustine Translated by Frank Sheed. Expositions on the Book of Psalms Complete Edition Volumes I-VI. Psalms 1-150. Translated by John Henry Parker. All other books by the author part of the Church Fathers edited by Philip Schaff. INCLUDED BOOKS: -MAIN BOOKS- The Confessions of Saint Augustine The City of God On Christian Doctrine Letters of St. Augustin -DOCTRINAL TREATISES OF SAINT AUGUSTIN- On The Trinity The Enchiridion On the Catechising of the Uninstructed A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen On the Profit of Believing On the Creed -MORAL TREATISES OF SAINT AUGUSTIN- On Continence On the Good of Marriage Of Holy Virginity On the Good of Widowhood On Lying Against Lying Of the Work of Monks On Patience On Care to Be Had for the Dead -THE ANTI-MANICHAEAN WRITINGS- On The Morals Of The Catholic Church On The Morals Of The Manichaeans On Two Souls, Against The Manichaeans Acts Or Disputation Against Fortunatus The Manichaean Against The Epistle Of Manichaeus, Called Fundamental Reply To Faustus The Manichaean Concerning The Nature Of Good, Against The Manichaeans -THE ANTI-DONATIST WRITINGS- On Baptism, Against the Donatists Answer To The Letters of Petilian, The Donatist The Correction Of The Donatists -SAINT AUGUSTIN'S ANTI-PELAGIAN WORKS- A Treatise On The Merits And Forgiveness Of Sins, And On The Baptism Of Infants A Treatise On The Spirit And The Letter A Treatise On Nature And Grace A Treatise Concerning Man's Perfection In Righteousness A Work On The Proceedings Of Pelagius A Treatise On The Grace Of Christ, And On Original Sin On Marriage And Concupiscence A Treatise On The Soul And Its Origin A Treatise Against Two Letters Of The Pelagians A Treatise On Grace And Free Will A Treatise On Rebuke And Grace A Treatise On The Predestination Of The Saints A Treatise On The Gift Of Perseverance -MISCELLANEOUS- Our Lord's Sermon On The Mount The Harmony Of The Gospels Sermons On Selected Lessons Of The New Testament Lectures Or Tractates On The Gospel According To St. John Ten Homilies On The First Epistle Of John To The Parthians Two Books Of Soliloquies Expositions On The Book Of Psalms -ABOUT THE AUTHOR- Saint Augustin by Louis Bertrand Explanation of the Rule of Saint Augustine by Hugh of Saint Victor St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo by Rev. Fr. Alban Butler PUBLISHER: CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING

Saint Augustine of Hippo is one of the most important Christian theologians, and his works have exerted a great influence not only on the development of Western Christianity, but also on Western philosophy. Apart from the Roman Catholic Church, where he is honored as a saint as well as a Church Father, Saint Augustine of Hippo is also a prominent figure in the Anglican Communion, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and even in some of the churches that grew out of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century.

Gathers selections from St. Augustine's autobiographical Confessions, sermons on Christian life and the Psalms, and his discussion of the secular and Christian views of happiness.