Augustine: Christian Truth and Fractured Humanity

by Carol Harrison

This book is the first systematic attempt to consider the social and cultural context that shaped the life and thought of Augustine. Carol Harrison shows how his beliefs in both Christian truth and human fallenness effected a decisive break with classical ideals of perfection and shaped the distinctive theology of Western Christiandom.

258 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

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Reviews

[Joel Zartman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Illuminating. Not tedious. Long chapters. I do think the reasoning about why Augustine was not a Neoplatonist creaked. There are insights on the whole. Not scintillating, but sufficient. Perhaps it represents adequate scholarship. One would prefer to dedicate oneself to reading that which is above average.

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of fascinating rabbit trails to follow up on (that I knew nothing about! so many margin notes! so many exclamation points and question marks!). Probably a pretty good contextual overview; I feel like my perspective isn't great because some of it is *so* familiar and some of it is totally new. Her discussion of Augustine's doctrine of predestination at least seemed fair and balanced.