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Most theology students realize that Augustine is tremendously influential in the Christian tradition as a whole, but they generally lack real knowledge of his writings. This volume introduces Augustine’s theology through seven of his most important works. Matthew Levering begins with a discussion of Augustine’s life and times and then provides a full survey of the argument of each work with...

he argues, teaches us what and how to love. To become good interpreters, we must learn to recognize how the words of Scripture direct us to love of God and neighbor. In this task we can easily be led astray by biblical passages that seem to point in the opposite direction or that at least suggest that created goods, rather than God, can make us truly happy. We can also be led astray by lack of knowledge of the biblical languages or of other fields of learning, as well as by superstitions such as
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