A companion to the "Confessions" of St. Augustine
Infancy and childhood -- Sixteenth year -- Sojourn in Carthage -- Manichee and teacher in Thagaste -- Augustine abandons Manicheism -- Theoretical indecisiveness, moral groping -- Encounter with neoplatonism : intellectual conversion -- Witnesses, struggle, moral conversion -- Baptism : death of Mon...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
P. Lang
2002
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| In: | Year: 2002 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430, Confessiones
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| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Augustinus, Aurelius Saint (354-430) Confessiones B Monica Saint 332-387 B Augustinus, Aurelius Saint (354-430) B Christian saints Algeria Hippo Extinct city Biography B Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430) Confessiones B Christian saints (Algeria) (Hippo (Extinct city)) Biography History and criticism B Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430) B Plato (427 BC-347 BC) |
| Summary: | Infancy and childhood -- Sixteenth year -- Sojourn in Carthage -- Manichee and teacher in Thagaste -- Augustine abandons Manicheism -- Theoretical indecisiveness, moral groping -- Encounter with neoplatonism : intellectual conversion -- Witnesses, struggle, moral conversion -- Baptism : death of Monica -- Present state of soul -- Reflections on scripture : creation, eternity, time -- Understanding Genesis 1:1-2 -- Allegorical interpretation of Genesis 1:2-31 -- The structure of the church |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 921-939) and index Rezension (Review): Augustinus 49 (2004) 153-154 (J.J. Oldfield); Augustinian Studies 35 (2004) 119-120 (J. Kenney) |
| ISBN: | 0820424064 |