ON THE ROAD WITH SAINT AUGUSTINE
A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
JAMES K. A. SMITH
a division of Baker Publishing Group
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Published by Brazos Press
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PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Smith, James K. A., 1970– author.
Title: On the road with Saint Augustine : a real-world spirituality for restless hearts / James K.A. Smith.
Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019039590 | ISBN 9781587433894 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. | Spirituality—Christianity. | Spiritual life—Christianity. | Christian life.
Classification: LCC BR65.A9 S625 2019 | DDC 248—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019039590
ISBN 978-1-58743-446-4 (ITPE)
Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™
Quotations from Augustine, Confessions, translated by Henry Chadwick (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), are reproduced with permission of Oxford University Press through PLSclear.
my Alypius:
co-pilgrim, faithful friend, kindred soul
“You boys going to get somewhere, or just going?” We didn’t understand his question, and it was a damned good question.
—Jack Kerouac, On the Road
A heart on the run keeps a hand on the gun You can’t trust anyone.
—Jason Isbell, “Cover Me Up”
Imagine you’ve been flailing and flailing and expecting to drown and your foot hits bottom.
—Thomas Wolfe, The Story of a Novel
Look, you’re here, freeing us from our unhappy wandering, setting us firmly on your track, comforting us and saying,
“Run the race! I’ll carry you! I’ll carry you clear to the end, and even at the end, I’ll carry you.”
—Augustine, Confessions
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