His Confessions are far more familiar to modern readers, but De Civitate Dei inspired many of the wise who have gone before. His themes of grace, pilgrimage, vocation and faith resonated with the Church Doctors who followed and even the likes of Dante and Milton. In this new translation with additional material by Walsh (humanities, U.of Glasgow) includes the original text and, for the first time in print, a detailed commentary on what has become one of the most influential documents in the history of Western Christianity. Distributed by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)