The Confessions: Introduction by Robin Lane Fox

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, May 1, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 432 pages

Augustine's fourth-century spiritual autobiography not only is a major document in the history of Christianity, a classic of Roman Africa, and the unchallenged model through the ages for the autobiographical record of the journey to self-knowledge, it also marks a vital moment in the history of Western culture.

As Augustine explains how, when, and why he became the man he is, he probes the great themes that others were to explore after himCfaith, time, truth, identity, and self-understanding--with a richness of detail unmatched in ancient literature. Dense with vivid portrayals of friends, family, colleagues, and enemies, The Confessions chronicles the passage from a life of sensuality and superstition to a genuine spiritual awakening--in a powerful narrative of one man's inner education that continues to shape the way we think and act today.

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Contents

Introduction
xiii
Select Bibliography
xxxii
Gods transcendence life before birth? tears
21
Dyad the reading of Aristotle our house your
84
A broad Church Simplicianus the baptism
169
On Translating Augustine
359
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About the author (2001)

St Augustine of Hippo, the great Doctor of the Latin Church, was born at Thagaste in North Africa, in 354 CE. He was brought up as a Christian but he was soon converted to the Manichean religion. He also came under the influence of Neoplatonism. However, in 387 he renounced all his unorthodox beliefs and was baptized into Christianity. His surviving works have profoundly influenced Christian theology and the psychology and political theology of the West.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Confessions: Introduction by Robin Lane Fox
Everyman's Library Classics Series
AuthorAugustine
Translated byPhilip Burton
ContributorRobin Lane Fox
Editionreprint
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2001
ISBN0375411739, 9780375411731
Length432 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Biography & Autobiography / Religious
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