{"product_id":"way-that-leads-there-augustinian-reflections-on-the-christian-life-9780802832139","title":"Way That Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life","description":"Saint Augustine formulated the classic Christian understanding of desire, that \"our hearts are restless until they rest in God.\" Gilbert Meilaender maintains that this frustrated desire lies at the heart of our existence. In \u003ci\u003eThe Way That Leads There\u003c\/i\u003e he takes Augustine as a \"conversation partner\" for exploring subjects that human beings have wrestled with for centuries -- desire, duty, politics, sex, and grief. Meilaender's carefully reasoned, insightful work rescues Augustine from many of our misperceptions and interacts meaningfully with both C. S. Lewis and Catholic moral theology, generating insights on difficult topics. The picture of life that emerges in these pages is one of incompleteness, of our inability to perfect and unify our moral lives. Yet this inability is not a cause for despair; it is rather a call to look, with Augustine, to God as the source and object of our greatest desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802832139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2007 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gilbert Meilaender","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43600187162805,"sku":"9780802832139","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a8b9e5ab-eaf5-4659-a591-35800c008e86.jpg?v=1707205516","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/way-that-leads-there-augustinian-reflections-on-the-christian-life-9780802832139","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}