Saint Augustine's Conversion
As relevant today as it was when it was originally written sixteen hundred years ago, Augustine s Confessiones continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills has brought his superb gifts of analysis and insight to bear on this classic of Western tradition in a series of ambitious and critically acclaimed translations and interpretations. In Saint Augustine s Conversion, Augustine s story draws to its dramatic conclusion in what Wills calls the hinge chapter of the bishop s confessional opus. With an illuminating introduction and extensive notes throughout, Wills provides a richly rewarding and inventive interpretation of Augustine s seminal work for a new generation of readers."
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0670033529
ISBN13:9780670033522
Release Date:November 2004
Publisher:Viking
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 7.3"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
This little book packs a punch
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Wonderfully concise, but still mangaged to have the fell of a broad, more in-depth biography. Highlights Augustine's intellectual development in the context of his chronological movements. Some amusing debunking of Augustine's supposed mental infatuation with sex. Wills does an excellent job of painting an Augusine who's quite gracious and liberal (e.g., with the Donatists and those struggling with sexual sin) and also quite rigid and inflexible (with any kind of dishonesty or deception, especially done in service to God). The author also explain well Augustine's love-centered ethical thought. It was nice to be reminded that the Bishop of Hippo was one of history's most impressive intellectual giants. It's delightful that such a mind was subdued to and used of the Lord in such influential ways.
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