The Confessions of Saint Augustine [Paperback]

In his 1500-year-oldConfessions, Augustine of Hippo tells the story of his remarkable life, interwoven with his insights of endless wisdom. Noted Paul VI: ?all of antiquity?s philosophy converges in his work.?Rex Warnerwas a Professor of the University of Connecticut from 1964 until his retirement in He was born in 1905 and went to Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained a ‘first’ in Classical Moderations, and took a degree in English Literature. He taught in Egypt and England, and was Director of the British Institute, Athens, from 1945 to 1947. He has written poems, novels and critical essays, has worked on films and broadcasting, and has translated many works, of which Xenophon’sHistory of My TimeandThe Persian Expedition, Thucydides’The Peloponnesian War, and Plutarch’sLives(under the titleFall of the Roman Republic) andMoral Essayshave been published in Penguin Classics.

Martin Marty, one of today’s most respected theologians, is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, where the Martin Marty Center has been founded to promote public religion endeavors. His more than fifty books includeModern American Religion. He is a winner of the National Book Award and was the first religion scholar to receive the National Humanities Medal.