{"product_id":"augustines-confessions-by-garry-wills-9780691217642","title":"Augustine's Confessions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills, the story of \u003cem\u003eAugustine's Confessions\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e—what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the one-and-a-half millennia since it was composed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWills also addresses the reception of the book, from controversy in its own time and relative neglect during the Middle Ages to a renewed prominence beginning in the fourteenth century and persisting to today, when the \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e has become an object of interest not just for Christians but also historians, philosophers, psychiatrists, and literary critics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith clarity and skill, Wills provides an unparalleled introduction to a spiritual classic that is one of the most important books in the Christian and Western traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470065025260,"sku":"9780691217642","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691217642-augustine-s-confessions.jpg?v=1775210861","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/augustines-confessions-by-garry-wills-9780691217642","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}