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St. Augustine’s Confessions and Us
with Dr. Shane Owens

St. Augustine’s Confessions and Us

Guest: Dr. Shane Owens

What is St. Augustine’s Confessions? What does it teach us about the human heart? Can the Confessions of the great saint and Church Father give us a roadmap for our personal spiritual journey?

Dr. Shane Owens, assistant professor of theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and author of Return to the Heart: The Biblical Spirituality of St. Augustine’s Confessions, answers these and other questions with Franciscan University Presents host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, president of Franciscan University of Steubenville, and panelists Dr. Scott Hahn and Dr. Regis Martin of Franciscan University’s Theology Department.

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