The Flesh and the Spirit: A Novel Based on the Life of St. Augustine of Hippo

"You say, the times are troublesome, the times are burdensome, the times are miserable. Live rightly and you will change the times. The times have never hurt anyone. Those who are hurt are human beings; those by whom they are hurt are also human beings. So, change human beings and the times will be changed."

Growing up on the northernmost edge of the African continent, young Augustine had never known a life without trouble and conflict. Whether between p...