Confessions of St Augustine

“What he’s making is an incredibly modern, intimate, psychological diagnosis of the human condition.” Read more...

The best books on The Saints

Simon Yarrow, Historian

“A lot of people think becoming a Christian is a decision you make. St Augustine doesn’t really think that.” Read more...

A N Wilson recommends the best Christian Books

A N Wilson, Biographer

“The Confessions is a book that everybody should read. It is seminal, if you can excuse the expression.” Read more...

The best books on Atheism

Susan Jacoby, Journalist

“For the reader it’s somewhat like crashing a session of classic psychoanalytic therapy: Augustine speaks, God just listens, and we overhear.” Read more...

The best books on Sin

Paula Fredriksen, Theologians & Historians of Religion

“He was a wonderful, wonderful writer and a deeply passionate man. He was very sensual.” Read more...

The best books on Christianity

Richard Harries, Theologians & Historians of Religion

“Augustine is such a patient archaeologist of his own mind, and he’s so deeply engaged with trying to understand how we can be so opaque even to ourselves – how we can be wrong about our own inner universe.” Read more...

The best books on Wrongness

Kathryn Schulz, Journalist

“St Augustine of Hippo was one of the first thinkers to struggle with the concepts of time, memory and eternity.” Read more...

The best books on Time and Eternity

Carlos Eire, Historian