Friday, September 27, 2019
On the Road with Saint Augustine by James K. A. Smith
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.
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