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Best Things First

Summary

Best Things First is a book on Christian priorities and the ordering of loves, drawing on Augustine's ordo amoris and the tradition of right ordering of desires and attention in the Christian life.

Core Contribution

Applies Augustinian ordo amoris to contemporary Christian living.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • Christian living
  • Augustine
  • priorities
  • loves

Historical Influences

Augustine Christian tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Augustinian theology Christian living literature

Contemporaries & Peers

Christian living books

Minds Influenced

Christian living audience

Intellectual Posterity

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