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020 _a9781587433894
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082 _aREF 248 Sm11
100 _aJames K. A. Smith
_eAuthor
245 0 _aOn the road with Saint Augustine :
_ba real-world spirituality for restless hearts /
260 _aGrand Rapids, Michigan :
_bBrazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group,
_c2019.
300 _a xiv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
300 _a1495 pages;
520 _a"This is not a book about Saint Augustine. In a way, it's a book Augustine has written about each of us. Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith has spent time on the road with Augustine, and he invites us to take this journey too, for this ancient African thinker knows far more about us than we might expect. Following Smith's successful You Are What You Love, this book shows how Augustine can be a pilgrim guide to a spirituality that meets the complicated world we live in. Augustine, says Smith, is the patron saint of restless hearts--a guide who has been there, asked our questions, and knows our frustrations and failed pursuits. Augustine spent a lifetime searching for his heart's true home and he can help us find our way. "What makes Augustine a guide worth considering," says Smith, "is that he knows where home is, where rest can be found, what peace feels like, even if it is sometimes ephemeral and elusive along the way." Addressing believers and skeptics alike, this book shows how Augustine's timeless wisdom speaks to the worries and struggles of contemporary life, covering topics such as ambition, sex, friendship, freedom, parenthood, and death. As Smith vividly and colorfully brings Augustine to life for 21st-century readers, he also offers a fresh articulation of Christianity that speaks to our deepest hungers, fears, and hopes." -- (Source of summary not specified)
650 _aRELIGION / Christian Living
650 _aSpirituality Christianity
650 _aSpiritual life Christianity
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