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Garry Wills

Garry Wills

Garry Wills is one of the most respected writers on religion today. He is the author of Saint Augustine's Childhood, Saint Augustine's Memory, and Saint Augustine's Sin, the first three volumes in this series, as well as the Penguin Lives biography Saint Augustine. His other books include "Negro President": Jefferson and the Slave Power, Why I Am a Catholic, Papal Sin, and Lincoln at Gettysburg, which won the Pulitzer Prize.

Books
Saint Augustine's SinSaint Augustine's Sin
Augustine + sin = 5 sex. That is the equation most people begin with when they first think of Augustine's Testimony. They are so obsessed with the idea that Augustine was obsessed with sex that they find it hard to read what he actually wrote about sin.
Saint Augustine's ConversionSaint Augustine's Conversion
Book Eight of The Testimony tells the second most famous religious conversion story in Western literature, second only to that of Saint Paul, on which it is modeled.
The RosaryThe Rosary
For Catholics who grew up before the Second Vatican Council, saying the rosary, privately or with others, was a regular part of our lives. But in recent years the rosary has come to be stigmatized, precisely, as 'preconciliar' - as theologically
What Jesus MeantWhat Jesus Meant
In certain religious circles, the letters WWJD serve as a password or shibboleth. Web sites sell bracelets and T-shirts with the cryptic motto. Some politicians tell us this watchword guides them in making decisions.

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