The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine's Confessions

ISBN-13: 9781138847989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 170 str.

Catherine Conybeare;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

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.""

Spis treści

Preface 1. Introduction  Excerpt 1: part of the opening prayer 2. Language Excerpt 2: the firmament as bible 3. Creation and the sensible world Excerpt 3: the ascent at Ostia 4. Memory and time  5. Afterword Bibliography Index

O autorze

Catherine Conybeare is Professor and Chair in the Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies at Bryn Mawr College,USA