We should celebrate St Ambrose, whose understated management skills kept the early church together – and who was the first person to read in silence
Topic: St Augustine
Professor Dawkins thinks that Jesus today would have been an atheist. But would Dawkins have paid any attention to Him?
Posted on Friday, 28 October 2011
Atheists like Dawkins have strange ideas about what we believe
St Augustine is a guide to what it means to be human
Posted on Thursday, 20 October 2011
His theology derives from experience: he is the great enlightener of the need for grace
Despite his brilliance, St Augustine did produce a few duds
Posted on Monday, 12 September 2011
But he was a wonderful writer and preacher: his Confessions ranks as one of the greatest books ever written
The Government is wasting its time trying to measure happiness
Posted on Monday, 24 January 2011
Teaching ‘well-being’ at school is also hard to justify. Children are better off studying great works of literature
What St Augustine would say to Clifford Longley about his Thought for the Day
Posted on Monday, 30 August 2010
The author of Confessions would have found the attempt to separate religion and spirituality incomprehensible or misleading
Pope calls for end to killing in Somalia
Posted on Thursday, 26 August 2010
Pontiff makes plea after rebels massacre 32 people in Mogadishu hotel
St Augustine can inspire Muslims and non-believers as well as Christians
His book Confessions is proof that the human heart does not change much over the years