num_pages: 264
description: This book is the first systematic attempt to consider the social and cultural context that shaped the life and thought of Augustine. Carol Harrison shows how his beliefs in both Christian truth and human fallenness effected a decisive break with classical ideals of perfection and shaped the distinctive theology of Western Christiandom.
language: English
title: Augustine: Christian Truth and Fractured Humanity
titlecomplete: Augustine: Christian Truth and Fractured Humanity (Christian Theology in Context)
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Oxford University Press