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The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine's Confessions

Catherine Conybeare

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Augustine s "Confessions" is one of the most significant works of Western culture. Cast as a long, impassioned conversation with God, it is intertwined with passages of life-narrative and with key theological and philosophical insights. It is enduringly popular, and justly so.

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The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine s Confessions" is an engaging introduction to this spiritually creative and intellectually original work. This guidebook is organized by themes:

the importance of language

creation and the sensible world

memory, time and the self

the afterlife of the Confessions.

Written for readers approaching the "Confessions" for the first time, this guidebook addresses the literary, philosophical, historical and theological complexities of the work in a clear and accessible way. Excerpts in both Latin and English from this seminal work are included throughout the book to provide a close examination of both the autobiographical and theoretical content within the "Confessions.""

Pages: 170

Format: Paperback

Release: June 23, 2016

ISBN 13: 9781138847989

The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine's Confessions

Catherine Conybeare

0/5 ( ratings)

Augustine s "Confessions" is one of the most significant works of Western culture. Cast as a long, impassioned conversation with God, it is intertwined with passages of life-narrative and with key theological and philosophical insights. It is enduringly popular, and justly so.

"

The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine s Confessions" is an engaging introduction to this spiritually creative and intellectually original work. This guidebook is organized by themes:

the importance of language

creation and the sensible world

memory, time and the self

the afterlife of the Confessions.

Written for readers approaching the "Confessions" for the first time, this guidebook addresses the literary, philosophical, historical and theological complexities of the work in a clear and accessible way. Excerpts in both Latin and English from this seminal work are included throughout the book to provide a close examination of both the autobiographical and theoretical content within the "Confessions.""

Pages: 170

Format: Paperback

Release: June 23, 2016

ISBN 13: 9781138847989

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