{"product_id":"confessions-st-augustine-9781598566390","title":"Confessions","description":"Saint Augustine wasn't always a saint. He led a turbulent and licentious youth, and belonged to the fourth century equivalent of a street gang. At the age of 29, he met a young man, Ambrose, whose intelligence, kindness and strong faith fascinated and puzzled Augustine. Then at the age of thirty-two, under Ambrose's tutelage, Augustine converted to Christianity and went on to be one of the most influential Christians throughout history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLess than a decade after his ordination to the priesthood, he wrote \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e in his forties in 400 AD. He was a man looking back and looking forward, an apt simile perhaps for the role Augustine played in the history of the Church, that of a bridge between two distinct eras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e traces a pilgrimage of unbounded grace, passionately wrestling with the spiritual questions that have engaged thoughtful minds since time began. It is Augustine's utter candor about his own sin and his struggle to reconcile his mind and soul to God's holy character that made \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e the classic that it has been for fifteen centuries and compelling to readers still today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e St Augustine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1598566393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598566390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hendrickson Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"St Augustine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587787927807,"sku":"9781598566390","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e894571f-0f5f-4396-8512-f96801394c40.jpg?v=1780170472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confessions-st-augustine-9781598566390","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}