{"product_id":"on-god-the-soul-evil-john-peter-kenney-9781501313981","title":"On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity","description":"\u003ci\u003eReading Augustine\u003c\/i\u003eis a new line of books offering personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars. The aim of the series is to make clear Augustine's importance to contemporary thought and to present Augustine not only or primarily as a pre-eminent Christian thinker but as a philosophical, spiritual, literary and intellectual icon of the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy did the ancients come to adopt monotheism and Christianity? \u003ci\u003eOn God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eintroduces possible answers to that question by looking closely at the development of the thought of Augustine of Hippo, whose complex spiritual trajectory included Gnosticism, academic skepticism, pagan Platonism, and orthodox Christianity. What was so compelling about Christianity and how did Augustine become convinced that his soul could enter into communion with a transcendent God? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe apparently sudden shift of ancient culture to monotheism and Christianity was momentous, defining the subsequent nature of Western religion and thought. John Peter Kenney shows us that Augustine offers an unusually clear vantage point to understand the essential ideas that drove that transition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Peter Kenney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501313983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501313981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"John Peter Kenney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935195169023,"sku":"9781501313981","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8c5a92cd-df13-4d7d-b0b7-ef98600ccc61.jpg?v=1681418408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-god-the-soul-evil-john-peter-kenney-9781501313981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}