Confessions

Name: Confessions
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ISBN: 9780375700217

ISBN-10: 0375700218

ISBN-13: 9780375700217

Edition: 1998

Authors: St. Augustine, Patricia Hampl, Patricia Hampl

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"God is our home but many of us have strayed from our native land. The venerable authors of these Spiritual Classics are expert guides-- may we follow their directions home." --Archbishop Desmond Tutu Writing in the last years of the fourth century a.d., Saint Augustine of Hippo created what is at once the first true autobiography in Western literature and among the most sophisticated yet accessible theological arguments in the history of Christianity. With extraordinary candor and psychological acumen, Augustine recounts his passage from a life of sensuality, Manichaean superstition, and empty careerism to a genuine spiritual awakening, and he articulates views on marriage, morality, and…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/29/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.99" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



About the Vintage Spiritual Classics


Preface to the Vintage Spiritual Classics Edition



Chronology of the Life of Saint Augustine


Note on this Translation


The Confessions



Infancy and Boyhood



Adolescence



Student Years at Carthage



Augustine the Manichee



Faustus at Carthage, Augustine to Rome and Milan



Milan, 385: Progress, Friends, Perplexities



Neoplatonism Frees Augustine's Mind



Conversion



Death and Rebirth



Memory



Time and Eternity



Heaven and Earth



The Days of Creation, Prophecy of the Church


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index