Confessions of St. Augustine (eBook)

St. Augustine (Autor)

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2012
320 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-11386-9 (ISBN)

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Influential work recalls author's mid-4th-century origins in rural Algeria; lavish lifestyle in Milan; his struggle with sexual desires; eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and marriage; and recovery of his Catholic faith.

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More than an autobiography, The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the most influential religious books in the Christian tradition. A great work of Western literature, it recalls crucial events and episodes in the author's life, in particular, life with his devoutly Christian mother and his origins in rural Algeria in the mid-fourth century A.D.; the rise to a lavish life at the imperial court in Milan; his struggle with sexual desires; eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and marriage; and recovery of his Catholic faith.This intensely personal narrative — among the first in which self-analysis was used to describe spiritual and emotional experiences — provides a detailed, classic recounting of one man's internal struggles and religious conversion. The book will be useful to anyone interested in the impact made by one of the foremost leaders in the development of Christian thought.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.3.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Religion
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Gewicht: 268 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Schlagworte: 1600 • 4th century • achieve inner • Algeria • ambrose • America • Apuleius • archaic language • Augustine • augustines • Benedict • Biblical References • books on catholic mothers • books on catholic saints • books on christian saints • books on pastor ministers • books on philosophy religions • books on religious conversions • books on religious philosophies • Cambridge • catholic christianity • Catholic Church • Catholic Faith • catholic mother • catholic saints • Christian Faith • christian mother • Christian saints • christian worldview • church father • Classical • confesses • confessing • confessions • contours • conversion story • create evil • edward bouverie • embracement • eventual • Exegesis • famous story • fourth century • fragrance • Genesis • god created • henry chadwick • Hippo • Holy Bible • Holy Spirit • inside feature • King James • Late Antiquity • Latin • Manichaeism • manicheans • manichees • Milan • Modern English • Monica • mother prayed • Neoplatonic • Neo-Platonic • Neoplatonism • North Africa • oxford world • pastor minister • pears • Penguin • Peter Brown • philosophy religion • Plotinus • Pope • Prayer • professionally translated • Religious Conversion • Religious Philosophy • Roman Empire • roman gladiatorial • Romans • Ryan • Saint • sheed • sinful life • Sinner • Sins • somewhat difficult • soul care • special revelation • speculative • Spiritual autobiography • Spiritual Classics • spiritual journey • spiritual pilgrimage • thee • theologians • Theological • Theology • thirteen • Translations • translator's name • Vintage • Western Christianity • Western civilization • Western Culture • Western literature • Wills • worldly pleasures • Wrestling
• ISBN-10: 0-486-11386-8 / 0486113868
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-11386-9 / 9780486113869