"Augustine has proven himself a valuable companion on Elshtain"s journey, and many readers will find her a fascinating fellow traveler on journeys of their own". -- The New Oxford Review"Elshtain invites us to dispel our preconceptions and see Augustine for the magnificent and most benign force he is. She has succeeded admirably in giving us a new Augustine; one whose thoughts on every aspect of the condition of humanity Elshtain presents with grace and lucidity". -- George Kateb, Princeton University