Description: This book examines Augustine's understanding of friendship. For Augustine, friendship is the overflow of love and is essential for building Christlike virtue.
Brief description: Coleman M. Ford serves as assistant professor of humanities at Texas Baptist College in Fort Worth, Texas
Review Quotes:
This book opens up the private world of a very public man and deepens our understanding of one of the greatest theologians of all time.
--Gerald Bray, research professor, Beeson Divinity School
This is a retrieval project for the sake of the spiritual renewal of the church.
--Matthew Y. Emerson, professor of religion and dean of theology, arts, and humanities, Oklahoma Baptist University
In this study, Ford recovers friendship, this overlooked aspect of this momentous figure. He does a fine job of laying out Augustine's theology of friendship, but far importantly, he stirs up a deep desire for godly friendship in the reader. Augustine would be proud of his disciple.
--Brian Arnold, president, Phoenix Seminary