An Open-And-Go Guide To:
The City of God
Reading The City of God is an ambitious undertaking—but you don't have to navigate Augustine's twenty-two books alone.
This Open-and-Go Study Guide provides a clear, manageable path through Augustine's enormous work, organizing the reading into ten lessons that help you understand not only what Augustine is saying, but how his ideas build upon one another from beginning to end.
Follow Augustine from the fall of Rome and the problem of suffering through his discussions of good and evil, free will, the two cities, human nature, history, justice, peace, judgment, and resurrection. Along the way, approachable commentary explains difficult ideas, historical essays bring Augustine's world to life, and thoughtful reflection and application help you engage with the questions behind the text rather than simply finish the assigned reading.
Designed to work alongside any complete edition of The City of God, this guide is ideal for independent readers, homeschool students, classrooms, book clubs, and anyone ready to tackle one of the most important works of Christian thought with greater confidence.
Twenty-two books. Ten guided lessons. One extraordinary journey through the ideas that have challenged readers for more than sixteen centuries.
Read with context. Wrestle with the ideas. Join the conversation.
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