Trilogy on Faith and Happiness

Name: Trilogy on Faith and Happiness
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ISBN: 9781565483590

ISBN-10: 1565483596

ISBN-13: 9781565483590

Edition: 2010

Authors: Saint Augustine, Boniface Ramsey, Michael G. Campbell, Ray Kearney, Michael Fiedrowicz

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Augustine of Hippo, one of the most prolific writers of late antiquity, known primarily for four masterpieces: The Confessions, Teaching Christianity, The City of God, and The Trinity, composed a vast body of work comprised of more than five million words. He composed his earliest works in the form of dialogues shortly before his baptism in 387. The next decade of his life, a relatively unproductive transitional period, was followed by an explosion that averaged, in modern terms, a 300-page book per year. This early trilogy, The Happy Life, The Advantage of Believing, and Faith in the Unseen, demonstrates Augustine's fundamental concern to link Christian faith with the human quest for…

Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: New City Press of the Focolare
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 141
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Marion T. Jackson is Professor Emeritus of Ecology at Indiana State University, former chairman of the Indiana Chapter, The Nature Conservancy, and past president of the Indiana Academy of Science. He is author of 101 Trees of Indiana: A Field Guide (IUP, 2004). He lives in Terre Haute, Indiana.



Preface


The Happy Life


Introduction



The Structure and Content of the Work



The Text Translated and Other Translations


Revisions I, 2


The Happy Life


Faith in the Unseen


Introduction



Authenticity and Date



Literary Genre and Structure



The Line of Argument



The Necessity of Religious Faith



The Credibility of the Christian Faith



The Importance of the Work


Faith in the Unseen


The Advantage of Believing


Introduction



Occasion and Addressee of the Work



Purpose of the Work



Structure of the Work



The Interpretation of Scripture



The Problem of Belief



The Importance of the Work


Revisions I, 14


The Advantage of Believing