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Zusatztext Our heart is restless until it rests in you. This line might have made a popular love song yet in fact it comes from Augustine of Hippo’s famous spiritual autobiography! Long held up as a world classic, this book has been prized for its candid account of its author’s heart which so easily becomes our own story as we read it. Barry David’s new book is for these readers, whether they be specialists or simply the curious, keen to take the book in carefully and schematically, on all its many and interlinked levels of operation. David is always erudite and open; determined to show that confessio really is the key to the whole book, from start to finish. It will be essential reading as a new generation sets out to make its own way with the book. Informationen zum Autor Barry A. David is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Ave Maria University, USA. Zusammenfassung This is a new guide to reading the Confessions , Augustine’s most important work, and what is widely known as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written. The Confessions consists of thirteen books, in which Augustine outlines his sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. Barry David guides the reader swiftly through these complex texts, explaining the historical context, as well as the various philosophical concepts; and considers its spiritual, ecclesial and theological significance.As with other titles in the Reading Augustine series, this book presents concise introductory reading of Augustine’s work from one of the leading scholars in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Confessions 1-4, Departing From And Returning Towards Confessio Chapter 2: Confessions 5-7, Discovering Confessio Is Reasonable Chapter 3: Confessions 8-10, Living Confessio Chapter 4: Confessions 11-13, Confessio ’s Ultimate Ground Is The Godhead Conclusion: Confessions Is About Confessio —And Confessio Imitates Divine IncarnationBibliographyIndex...
