{"product_id":"the-conversion-of-augustine","title":"The Conversion of Augustine","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Romano Guardini\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Conversion of Augustine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“With an incredible intensity of desire I longed after immortal wisdom. I had begun that journey upwards by which I was to return to You.” Thus does St. Augustine of Hippo describe his response to encountering Cicero’s philosophical tract \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHortensius\u003c\/i\u003e: an occasion of returning to God. Such occasions will prove numerous and varied over the decades-long pursuit for wisdom and purity, culminating in the timeless testimony of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Confessions \u003c\/i\u003eto the conversion of Augustine. In these pages, Romano Guardini adds nothing to already-existent, voluminous historical research on the saint; choosing instead to present Augustine’s “personality and thought in the everlasting form of his writings as a perennial possibility of Christian existence.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Conversion of Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e is primarily an interpretation of Augustine himself and secondarily an interpretation of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e, the germinal work in a prodigious career. Together, these two levels of interpretation produce an excellent guide not only to Augustine’s Christian destiny, but also to his works, thus achieving its author’s goal of revealing the archetypal Christian pursuit of self-knowledge in the light of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRomano Guardini\u003c\/b\u003e (1885–1968) was a Catholic priest, professor, and author, whose intellectual disciples include Josef Pieper, Luigi Giussani, and Joseph Ratzinger. He held professorships of theology and philosophy at the University of Berlin, University of Tübingen, and University of Munich. Among Guardini’s many published works are \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of the Liturgy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Humanity of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of the Church\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; E-book: \u003c\/strong\u003e221pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eE-book: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eImmediately following purchase, an .epub file and a .mobi (Kindle) file are available for download.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1952826467\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51320575885600,"sku":"978-1952826467","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-Book","offer_id":51320575918368,"sku":"978-1952826468","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3678\/2112\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--410_1d8aeb4c-e8cd-4364-ac00-88be9c7e9b28.jpg?v=1773075991","url":"https:\/\/treewee.store\/products\/the-conversion-of-augustine","provider":"Tree of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}