This book applies Augustine's thought to current questions of teaching and learning. The essays are written in an accessible style and is not intended just for experts on Augustine or church history.

Chapter 1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 List of Contributors Chapter 3 Foreward Part 4 I Education in the Confessions Chapter 5 1 Bad Habits and Bad Company: Education and Evil in the Confessions Chapter 6 2 Models of Teaching and Models of Learning in the Confessions Chapter 7 3 Augustine'sConfessions as Pedagogy: Exercises in Transformation Part 8 II Education in Augustine's Other Works Chapter 9 4 Study as Love: Augustinian Vision and Catholic Education Chapter 10 5 The Bishop as Teacher Chapter 11 6 The "Arts Reputed Liberal": Augustine on the Perils of Liberal Education Part 12 III Teaching and Authority in Augustine Chapter 13 7 Augustine's Pedagogy of Intellectual Liberation: Turning Students from the "Truth of Authority" to the "Authority of Truth" Chapter 14 8 The Limits of Augustine's Personal Authority: The Hermaneutics of Trust in De utilitate credendi Chapter 15 9 Limit and Possibility: An Augustinian Counsel to Authority Chapter 16 10 Augustine and English Protestants: Authority and Order, Coercion and Dissent in the Earthly City Part 17 IV Liberal Education Since Augustine Chapter 18 11 Reading without Moving Your Lips: The Role of the Solitary Reader in Liberal Education Chapter 19 12 The Motives for Liberal Education