Augustine the African - A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2025

An eye-opening new history of one of Christianity''s most important figures - and one of Pope Leo XIV''s primary inspirations ''Brilliant'' SPECTATOR ''Illuminating'' NEW YORKER ''Rich and sympathetic'' TLS Augustine of Hippo is one of the world''s most influential theologians, an early Christian writer whose work shaped the course of Western philosophy. Born in Numidia in 354 CE, Augustine''s African identity has long been painfully denied. But it was foundational to his thinking and faith. Drawing on original sources and the Augustinian texts themselves, world-renowned scholar Catherine Conybeare traces Augustine''s travels from North Africa to the European continent and back again, placing his African origins firmly at the centre of his story. A tale of exile, faith and identity, Augustine the African upends conventional knowledge about one of Christianity''s most celebrated saints, and recentres Africa as the locus of early Catholic intellectual activity - with Europe on the periphery.

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Catherine Conybeare is a professor of Greek, Latin, Classical Studies and Humanities at Bryn Mawr College. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including from the Guggenheim Foundation, and has held visiting fellowships at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. She lives in Pennsylvania.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: CATHERINE CONYBEARE, Catherine Conybeare, Conybeare Catherine
• Editore: Profile Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.08.2026
• EAN: 9781788167512
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-751-2
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; St. Augustine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, Theology, Christian theology, History of Religion, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, The Early Church, Medieval Western philosophy