This title was first published in 2000: Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE) - Bishop, theologian, philosopher, and rhetorician - has left a rich legacy for reflection upon relationships between Christianity and culture, between Christian catechesis and liberal education, and between faith and reason. Contemporary educational institutions have begun to explore their roots, digging into their intellectual traditions for the resources for renewal of liberal education. Augustine and Liberal Education sheds light on liberal education past and present, from an Augustinian point of view. Ranging from historical investigations of particular themes and issues in the thought of Saint Augustine, to reflections on the role of tradition and community and the challenges and opportunities facing universities in the next century, the contributors return to the sources of traditional reflection whilst exploring contemporary issues of education and 'the good life'. Essays on Augustinian inquiry in medieval and modern eras address critical questions on the role of rhetoric, reading, and authority in education, on the social context of learning, and on the relationship between liberal education and properly Christian catechesis. Contemporary questions on liberal education from philosophical, political, theological, and ethical perspectives are then explored in the essays which move from the past to the present. This book offers a valuable contribution to the growing scholarship on Catholic universities and on Augustine of Hippo, engaging in 'Augustinian inquiry' and pointing to possibilities for renewal in liberal education in the twenty-first century.

Contents: Foreword, John Immerwahr, Kim Paffenroth and Kevin Hughes; Part I: Education in the Confessions: Bad habits and bad company: Education and evil in the Confessions, Kim Paffenroth; Models of teaching and models of learning in the Confessions, Debra Romanick Baldwin; Augustine's Confessions as Pedagogy: Exercises in transformation, Thomas F. Martin; Part II: Education in Augustine's other works: Study as love: Augustinian vision and Catholic education, Phillip Cary; The Bishop as teacher, Daniel Doyle; The "Arts reputed liberal": Augustine on the perils of liberal education, Kevin L. Hughes; Part III: Teaching and authority in Augustine: Augustine's pedagogy of intellectual liberation: Turning students from the "truth of authority" to the "Authority of truth", Richard M. Jacobs; The limits of Augustine's personal authority: the hermeneutics of trust in De utilitate credendi, Felix Asiedu; Limit and possibility: An Augustinian counsel to Authority, Mark J. Doorley; Augustine and English protestants: Authority and order, coercion and dissent in the earthly city, Andrew R. Murphy; Part IV: Liberal education since Augustine: Reading without moving your lips: The role of the solitary reader in liberal education, Marylu Hill; The motives for liberal education, Thomas W. Smith.