Augustine: Conversions to Confessions may be informative to the nth degree, but it's not dense. Robin Lane Fox says he wrote this biography for all readers -- even those in a post-Christian age ...

One of the most significant Christian thinkers of all time, St. Augustine (354 to 430) was enormously influential in framing such theological concepts as original sin, just war, grace and ...

Saint Augustine of Hippo: an Intellectual Biography, by Miles Hollingworth, review A passionate work that traces the intellectual growth of St Augustine is worth all the effort, says Cole Moreton ...

I pity anyone who decides, like James J. O’Donnell, to write a “new” biography of Augustine of Hippo (354-430), the North African bishop, saint, and dauntingly prolific theologian.

When I lived in south London, my Algerian barber used to tell me that he came from Souk Ahras, ‘the home town of Augustine’.

Garry Wills on Augustine’s Confessions: A Biography Hosted by John J. Miller April 19, 2011 12:16 PM ...

James Joseph O'Donnell, . . HarperCollins, $26.95 (416pp) ISBN 978-0-06-053537-7 Though labeled a biography, this book on the fourth-century North African saint is better read as a complex study ...