

The Augustine Podcast
The Augustine Podcast
A conversation about the life and thought of Augustine of Hippo. A podcast for scholars, pastors, and students of Augustine.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Apr 3, 2026 • 1h 8min
Fr Allan Fitzgerald, OSA
Fr Allan Fitzgerald is an Augustinian in the Order of Saint Augustine and Director of Special Events at the Augustinian Institute at Villanova University. He is also editor of Augustine Through the Ages, An Encyclopediahttps://www.eerdmans.com/9781467427197/augustine-through-the-ages/https://www.villanova.edu/university/institutes-centers/augustinian-institute.htmlWe information for foodback and bookings:Jablanch.comJosh.Blanchard@ciu.edu

Mar 24, 2026 • 1h 11min
Dr Peter Kreeft - I Burned for your Peace
Dr. Peter Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College, and author of over 100 books on philosophy, theology, and the Chirstian life. Particularly, he is the author of I Burned for Your Peace: Augustine's Confessions Unpacked.https://ignatius.com/i-burned-for-your-peace-ibypp/https://peterkreeft.com/about.htm-My email, for questions, comments, and ideas, or if you just want to connect: Josh.Blanchard@ciu.eduMy website, for more information or to book speaking: JaBlanch.com

Mar 5, 2026 • 1h 7min
Dr Matthew Elia - The Problem of the Christian Master
Dr Matthew Elia is assistant professor of theology, race, and environment at Saint Louis University. He is author of the Problem of the Christian Master, Augustine and theafterlife of slavery. My email, for questions, comments, and ideas, or if you just want to connect: Josh.Blanchard@ciu.eduMy website, for more information or to book speaking: JaBlanch.comMatt's Book:https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300266597/the-problem-of-the-christian-master/An Augustinian Christology:https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/an-augustinian-christology/47EBC75759B4A69319A53A6AB067A365

Feb 20, 2026 • 1h 8min
Dr Ty Paul Monroe - Putting on Christ: Augustine's Early Theology of Salvation and the Sacraments
Dr Ty Monroe is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Theology at Assumption University. He holds a PhD from Boston College and is the author of Putting on Christ: Augustine's Early Theology of Salvation and the Sacraments. https://www.cuapress.org/9780813235493/putting-on-christ/

Nov 4, 2025 • 1h 16min
Dr Toni Alimi - Slaves of God
Toni Alimi is Assistant professor in Religion and the University Center for Human Values. He joined the faculty at Princeton in 2025. His research and teaching span ancient Roman philosophy (specializing in Lactantius and Augustine), intellectual history (focusing on freedom, slavery, law, rule, and authority), contemporary ethics and politics (idem), and philosophy of religion. He is the author of Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics (Princeton University Press, 2024).
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244235/slaves-of-god?srsltid=AfmBOorC6bKsFzjaubW6uGtitgch0bepgrWUIv7sAvD6lpzBw05tDm25

Nov 14, 2024 • 1h 13min
Dr Andrew Chronister - Augustine in the Pelagian Controversy
Dr Andrew Chronister is Associate Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages at Kenrick-Gennon Seminary in Saint Louis. He is the author of Augustine in the Pelagian Controversy: Defending Church Unity.
Dr Chronister's Book:
https://www.cuapress.org/9780813238722/augustine-in-the-pelagian-controversy/
Dr Elizabeth Klein - Augustine's Theology of Angels:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/augustines-theology-of-angels/9DA93A262D33E4D9984E898858920600
Dr Charles Kim - The Way of Humility: St Augustine's Theology of Preaching:
https://www.cuapress.org/9780813237398/the-way-of-humility/

Oct 23, 2024 • 1h 9min
Professor Michael Cameron - Christ Meets Me Everywhere
Dr Michael Cameron is Emeritus Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Portland and the Author of Christ Meets me Everywhere: Augustine’s Early Figurative Exegesis.
Christ meets me Everywhere:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/christ-meets-me-everywhere-9780199751297
Sophie Van Der Meeren - Entrer en philosophie: La fonction psychagogique des premiers “Dialogues” d’Augustin:
https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782851213235-1
Paul Kolbet – Augustine and the Cure of Souls:
https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268033217/augustine-and-the-cure-of-souls/
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception:
https://www.degruyter.com/serial/ebr-b/html?lang=en

Oct 5, 2024 • 1h 4min
Dr. J. Warren Smith - Augustine and the Pursuit of Greatness
Dr J. Warren Smith, professor of historical theology, is interested in the history of theology broadly conceived from the apostles to the present, but his primary focus is upon patristic theology. Pursuit of Greatness is a work in the history of Christian theological ethics that examines how Ambrose's and Augustine's theological commitments influenced their different critiques, appropriations, and modifications of the language of magnanimityJ Warren Smith's Book:https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ambrose-augustine-and-the-pursuit-of-greatness/115A831D68D4A5FB84A90CF657A596ACDavid Maconi's, On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ:https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-selfharm-narcissism-atonement-and-the-vulnerable-christ-9781501326202/

Sep 14, 2024 • 48min
Dr J. Patout Burns - Augustine's Preached Theology
J. Patout Burns Jr. is the Edward A. Malloy Professor Emeritus of Catholic Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and Visiting Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Cyprian the Bishop and the Church's Bible volume Romans: Interpreted by Early Christian Commentators, and he is the coauthor, with Robin Jensen, of Christianity in Roman Africa: The Development of Its Practices and Beliefs. Today we discuss his book, Augustine's Preached Theology: Living as the Body of Christ.Patout Burns - Augustine's Preached Theology:https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802880222/augustines-preached-theology/Ty Paul Munroe - Putting on Christ:https://www.cuapress.org/9780813235486/putting-on-christ/Andrew C Cronister - Augustine in the Pelagic Controversyhttps://www.cuapress.org/9780813238722/augustine-in-the-pelagian-controversy/Patrick H Byrne - Toward Environmental Wholeness:https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/Toward-Environmental-Wholeness

Aug 25, 2024 • 1h 5min
Dr Kevin Grove - Augustine on Memory
Joshua talks with Dr Kevin Grove about Augustine on Memory, Confession, and the Totus Christus.
Dr Kevin Grove is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Notre Dame and a Member of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. Today we discuss his book, Augustine on Memory.
Augustine on Memory:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/augustine-on-memory-9780197587218
Patout Burns: Augustine's Preached Theology
https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802880222/augustines-preached-theology/


