Description: An contemporary analysis of Augustine of Hippo's theology of the creation of the world in the wisdom of God, andthe creation of the human person in the image of God.
Brief description: Matthew W. Knotts received his PhD from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 2017 as a fellow of the Flanders Research Foundation (FWO). His first monograph appeared in 2020 from Bloomsbury in the Reading Augustine series. He has presented his research at conferences and meetings across the US, Europe, and Australia and has performed research stays at the University of Chicago and the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry of the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. His scholarship has appeared in Philosophy & Theology, Studia Patristica, and the Augustinus-Lexikon, among others. He resides in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Review Quotes:
"Very few books on Augustine truthfully and precisely combine expertise in Augustine's extensive writings, Augustinian scholarship, and modern philosophy. Knotts has impressively accomplished this task in this important book. He provides a subtle and engaging application of Augustine's insights to contemporary hermeneutics and epistemology." --Thomas Clemmons, Assistant Professor of Church History, Catholic University of America, USA
"[This] delightful text asks to be read more than once, providing a self-contained journey for the Augustinian scholar, the philosopher of hermeneutics, the theologian, and the minister of spiritual formation to directly engage with the transformative possibilities planted in the seeds of creation by its Creator." --Religious Studies Review