In Fire on the Altar, renowned Augustinian theologian C. C. Pecknold provides readers with a genuinely Catholic understanding of Augustine's Confessions. Setting out to free readers from liberal and individualistic distortions of Augustine's anthropology, Pecknold argues that a religious and liturgical understanding of Augustine's famous work unlocks a more Catholic approach. Strikingly, Fire on the Altar demonstrates that Augustine's anthropology is essentially built around the concept of an "altar" at the center of the soul and culminates in the Eucharist setting fire to our hearts and minds.
