Why Does Augustine Matter
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In Why Does Augustine Matter? renowned theologian and former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams offers a profound meditation on St. Augustine of Hippo’s enduring relevance, exploring how Augustine’s insights on memory, identity, desire, and divine grace speak powerfully to our contemporary struggles.
Drawing from Augustine’s Confessions and his theology of the Trinity, as well as The City of God and other works of Augustine, Williams presents this ancient thinker not as a historical relic but as a spiritual companion for those wrestling with questions of authenticity, humility, social cohesion, and hope in today’s fractured world.
Rowan Williams was born in South Wales and studied theology in Cambridge and Oxford. He was Professor of Divinity at Oxford from 1986 to 1992, Bishop of Monmouth in Wales from 1992 to 2002, Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012, and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, from 2013 to 2020.
Drawing from Augustine’s Confessions and his theology of the Trinity, as well as The City of God and other works of Augustine, Williams presents this ancient thinker not as a historical relic but as a spiritual companion for those wrestling with questions of authenticity, humility, social cohesion, and hope in today’s fractured world.
Rowan Williams was born in South Wales and studied theology in Cambridge and Oxford. He was Professor of Divinity at Oxford from 1986 to 1992, Bishop of Monmouth in Wales from 1992 to 2002, Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012, and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, from 2013 to 2020.
Endorsements
The ancient voice of Augustine is uncanny because it is at once perennial and timely. As these lectures attest, there is no better guide into Augustine's thought than the esteemed Rowan Williams. The reproduction of conversations with him here are themselves worth the price of admission, displaying his casual brilliance and pastoral heart.
– James K.A. Smith, professor of philosophy, Calvin University, author of On the Road with Saint Augustine
Rowan Williams offers a clear, compelling, and inspirational reminder that human beings and societies can only be understood and made livable with reference to God by loving God and His creative intentions. Augustine and Williams matter because they remind us that God matters.
– Bishop Todd D. Hunter, author of What Jesus Intended: Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Bad Religion.