The Apostle From Africa - David Bentley-Taylor Reviews
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Newest Review: ... covering an element of Augustine's life or his confrontations with other thinkers which are a launch pad for considering an ... more
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The author is not afraid to consider the less attractive aspects of Augustine's life; his de facto marriage; his persecution of the 'Donatist' Christians in Africa; the difficulties of his early life. These are the thought of things that enemies of Augustine's ideas use to attack him, even today and Bentley-Taylor never sweeps them under the carpet. But nor does he dwell on them. So for many it is Augustine's dealings with his own sexual thoughts that they use to attack him. Bentley-Tay...more
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====== Introducing the Hip-hop-potamus! ====== The Apostle from Hippo is a short book by David Bentley-Taylor exploring the life and thought of probably the greatest Christian thinker outside the bible; Augustine of Hippo. For those who aren't aware of him, he was the Bishop of Hippo, a city in North Africa, in the 5th century and is best known for his autobiographical work about his conversion entitle 'Confessions' and his enormous work 'The City of God.' But he also defended the Christian faith against various errors which were around at the time. ====== Hippo descriptor - The author ====== David Bentley-Taylor was a missionary, ... Read the complete review
