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Augustine the African

byCatherine Conybeare

Catherine Conybeare restores Augustine of Hippo's African identity to the center of his life and thought. She situates the theologian within the languages, cities, religious conflicts, social hierarchies, and intellectual traditions of Roman North Africa rather than treating him primarily as a founder of European Christianity. His famous writings on memory, desire, sin, time, grace, and community emerge from a specific colonial and regional world. The biography challenges inherited portraits of Augustine and shows how recognizing where he lived changes the meaning of his influence on Christianity and Western philosophy.

Publisher

Profile Books

Publication date

2025-08-21

Format

Hardback

Pages

288

ISBN

9781788167505