Susan Wessel is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, USA. She is the author of Passion and Compassion in Early Christianity (2016).

This is an attractive book that is potentially appealing to a wide audience … Wessel eloquently communicates the innovativeness of Augustine's emotional teaching, and how it arose out of both personal experience and philosophical reflection.

• Abbreviations1. Provocation 2. Sadness3. Suffering4. Remembering5. Healing6. AccommodationBibliography

Susan Wessel is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, USA. She is the author of Passion and Compassion in Early Christianity (2016).

This is an attractive book that is potentially appealing to a wide audience … Wessel eloquently communicates the innovativeness of Augustine's emotional teaching, and how it arose out of both personal experience and philosophical reflection.

• Abbreviations1. Provocation 2. Sadness3. Suffering4. Remembering5. Healing6. AccommodationBibliography

Susan Wessel is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, USA. She is the author of Passion and Compassion in Early Christianity (2016).

This is an attractive book that is potentially appealing to a wide audience … Wessel eloquently communicates the innovativeness of Augustine's emotional teaching, and how it arose out of both personal experience and philosophical reflection.

• Abbreviations1. Provocation 2. Sadness3. Suffering4. Remembering5. Healing6. AccommodationBibliography