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Way That Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life

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Way That Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life - Meilaender, Gilbert
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Saint Augustine formulated the classic Christian understanding of desire, that "our hearts are restless until they rest in God." Gilbert Meilaender maintains that this frustrated desire lies at the heart of our existence. In The Way That Leads There he takes Augustine as a "conversation partner" for exploring subjects that human beings have wrestled with for centuries -- desire, duty, politics, sex, and grief. Meilaender's carefully reasoned, insightful work rescues Augustine from many of our misperceptions and interacts ...

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Way That Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life 2006, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI

ISBN-13: 9780802832139

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