In Return to the Heart, Dr. Shane Owens makes Augustine’s profound insights accessible while honoring his extraordinary genius. As I read this book, Augustine came alive to me—not just as a …

Drawing deeply from Scripture and Augustine’s own insights, it shows how God continually draws every restless heart back to Himself. A meaningful resource for personal prayer or group study, this book …

Apr 25, 2025 · Bringing St. Augustine’s wisdom to a new generation, Shane Owens reveals that it is only in the heart-to-heart encounter with God that we become whole and understand ourselves.

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Apr 14, 2025 · Return to the Heart is a beautiful, meditative, and thematic book that not only walks one through St. Augustine's thought and conversion, but ultimately is an invitation for one to have their …

May 20, 2025 · In a providential alignment, as the Catholic Church welcomes its first Augustinian Pope, Leo XIV, the release of my good friend Dr. Shane Owens' new book, Return to the Heart: The …

His scholarship focuses on the exegesis and ecclesiology of St. Augustine of Hippo. Dr. Owens is a longtime friend and collaborator of the St. Paul Center and Dr. Scott Hahn. He has a forthcoming …

Confesiones de San Agustín es la primera autobiografía en la literatura occidental y un clásico perenne de retórica, filosofía y teología. También es el viaje de un hombre lejos y de regreso a Dios, …

The title of this book, Return to the Heart, is taken from the following passage of the Confessions: He is most intimately present to the human heart, but the heart has strayed from him.

Bringing St. Augustine's wisdom to a new generation, Shane Owens reveals that it is only in the heart-to-heart encounter with God that we become whole and understand ourselves.