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## Augustine: The Restless Heart

October 14, 2026   
 Bruce Gordon

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Augustine begins with longing. Why are we restless? Why do achievement, pleasure, knowledge, even relationships fail to finally satisfy? Yale Divinity School professor Bruce Gordon explores how restlessness is the beginning of awakening: the recognition that our desires reach beyond what we presently know how to want.

_Bruce Gordon, a native of Canada, is the Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School, where he also teaches in the Department of History and the Humanities Program. Before joining Yale, he was Professor of History at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. His research focuses on the Reformation and its legacy, the history of the Bible and biblical cultures, and the history of dying and death. His publications include "Calvin" (Yale University Press, 2009), "The Christian Institutes of John Calvin" (Princeton University Press, 2016), and "Huldrych Zwingli: God’s Armed Prophet" (Yale University Press, 2021). Most recently, he is the author of "The Bible: A Global History" (Basic Books, 2024), named one of Publishers Weekly’s "Best Books of the Year." He lives in Vermont with his wife, Rona, and their rescue dog, Dougal._

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