{"product_id":"saint-augustine-a-life-9780143035985","title":"Saint Augustine: A Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eLook out for a new book from Garry Wills, \u003ci\u003eWhat The Qur'an Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, coming fall 2017. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills brings the same fresh scholarship, lively prose, and critical appreciation that characterize his well-known books on religion and American history to this outstanding biography of one of the most influential Christian philosophers.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaint Augustine\u003c\/b\u003e follows its subject from his youth in fourth-century Africa to his conversion and subsequent development as a theologian. It challenges the widely held misconceptions about Augustine's sexual excesses and shows how, in embracing classical philosophy, Augustine managed to enlist \"pagan authors\" in the defense of Christianity. The result is a biography that makes a spiritual ancestor feel like our contemporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarry Wills \u003c\/b\u003eis a historian and the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eWhat Jesus Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePapal Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am a Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy Priests?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. A frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872457986322,"sku":"9780143035985","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_22b70f9a-a5c6-4ef7-8f43-39c2f57ab241.jpg?v=1737898346","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saint-augustine-a-life-9780143035985","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}