Theology of Augustine''s Confessions

This study of Augustine's Confessions presents his testimony of conversion as an antidote to modern culture's tendency toward disbelief.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Confessio; 2. Fatherhood: from neurotic phantasm to compassionate symbol; 3. Narcissism and narrative's vital lie; 4. Evil, suffering, and dualistic wisdom; 5. Original sin: an ineluctable triple hatred; 6. Original sin and the human tragic; 7. 'The platitudes of ethical monotheism'; 8. Inscrutable wisdom; 9. Lyrical voice; 10. The life of a bishop: reinventing Plato's celestial clock, Confessions 11-13; 11. Resurrection and the restless heart.

About the author

Paul Rigby is a professor in the Faculty of Human Sciences at Saint Paul University. He is the author of Original Sin in Augustine's Confessions.

Summary

Engaging with contemporary philosophers and psychologists antagonistic to religion, this study of Augustine's Confessions reveals the sophistication of his response to timeless problems such as free will, predestination, and innocent suffering. Paul Rigby demonstrates the value of Augustine's testimony of conversion for those struggling with theistic incredulity and religious narcissism.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Rigby, Paul (Saint Paul University Rigby, Rigby Paul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.2015
• EAN: 9781107094925
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09492-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Philosophy, Psychology, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Theology, Religion: general, Theology, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, History of Religion, Religious ethics, Philosophy of religion, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500