When it came to establishing the doctrine of the Catholic Church, there are few quite as important and influential as Augustine. To explore the topic, Rabbi Rocklin will address the following questions: <ol> <li>Why are Augustine's reflections on his childhood considered monumental?</li> <li>According to Augustine, what is the best way for a Christian to protect his soul? How can the Christian achieve immortality?</li> <li>How does Augustine reimagine history distinct from Herodotus and Thucydides?</li> </ol> Recommended Reading: Augustine of Hippo. <a href= "https://a.co/d/3NCR5ZO">Confessions</a>. Translated by F.J. Sheed. Indiana: Hacket Publishing Company, 2006.

When it came to establishing the doctrine of the Catholic Church, there are few quite as important and influential as Augustine. To explore the topic, Rabbi Rocklin will address the following questions: Why are Augustine's reflections on his childhood considered monumental? According to Augustine, what is the best way for a Christian to protect his soul? How can the Christian achieve immortality? How does Augustine reimagine history distinct from Herodotus and Thucydides? Recommended Reading: Augustine of Hippo. Confessions. Translated by F.J. Sheed. Indiana: Hacket Publishing Company, 2006.

When it came to establishing the doctrine of the Catholic Church, there are few quite as important and influential as Augustine. To explore the topic, Rabbi Rocklin will address the following questions: <ol> <li>Why are Augustine's reflections on his childhood considered monumental?</li> <li>According to Augustine, what is the best way for a Christian to protect his soul? How can the Christian achieve immortality?</li> <li>How does Augustine reimagine history distinct from Herodotus and Thucydides?</li> </ol> Recommended Reading: Augustine of Hippo. <a href="https://a.co/d/3NCR5ZO" rel="noopener noreferrer">Confessions</a>. Translated by F.J. Sheed. Indiana: Hacket Publishing Company, 2006.

The Classical Christian: Augustine's Life and Legacy

Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. 

In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces. While many of the texts discussed will be familiar to students of the humanities, Rabbi Rocklin offers a new framework for understanding them—a framework in which the teachings of the Jewish religious tradition play a central role. For, as Rabbi Rocklin explains, Western civilization can only be understood as the product of a transformative and ongoing collision between the great traditions of Jerusalem and Athens—between the religious spirit of the Jews and the philosophical spirit of the Greeks.

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Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces. While many of the texts discussed will be familiar to students of the humanities, Rabbi Rocklin offers a new framework for understanding them—a framework in which the teachings of the Jewish religious tradition play a central role. For, as Rabbi Rocklin explains, Western civilization can only be understood as the product of a transformative and ongoing collision between the great traditions of Jerusalem and Athens—between the religious spirit of the Jews and the philosophical spirit of the Greeks.

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