Garry Wills is an American author, journalist, political philosopher, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, especially the history of the Catholic Church. He won a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1993. Wills has written over fifty books and, since 1973, has been a frequent reviewer for The New York Review of Books. He became a faculty member of the history department at Northwestern University in 1980, where he is an Emeritus Professor of History.
A short, eminently readable book that humanizes and distills some of the main teachings of one of the most of the early Church Fathers. Highly recommended for anyone who's interested in this pivotal Christian thinker and writer.