Augustine on the Psalms, with Josh McManaway

About this episode

Josh McManaway discusses St. Augustine's approach to reading and preaching the Psalms.

Josh McManaway joins me again for the second of a two-part conversation on reading Scripture. This time, we focus on St. Augustine as reader and preacher of the Psalms. Josh teaches us Augustine’s principles for reading the psalms, which Augustine discovers throughout the Psalter, and what motivated Augustine’s engagement with the psalter from the beginning of his priesthood to his final day. Follow-up Resources: Learn more about the preaching program that Josh runs called “Savoring the Myste...

People in this episode

Host: OSV Podcasts

Guest: Josh McManaway

Topics covered

• St. Augustine
• Psalms
• Scripture reading
• Christian preaching
• Theology

Keywords

• Augustine
• Psalms
• Scripture
• preaching
• theology
• Christianity
• religion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Savoring the Myste

Books & works: Psalms

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