The Confessions Of Saint Augustine
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- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2009
Summary
Saint Augustine’s classic autobiography exploring his journey from sin to sainthood.
“It could be said that all roads of Christian Latin literature lead to Augustine.” - Pope Benedict
For over fifteen centuries, Saint Augustine’s Confessions have inspired and encouraged devoted readers worldwide. “Every vain hope,” recounts Saint Augustine of his introduction to philosophy, “became empty to me, and I longed for the immortality of wisdom.” Hailed by Pope Benedict XVI a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451531216 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0451531213 |
| Author: | Augustine of Hippo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Signet Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 263g |
| Dimensions: | 172mm x 105mm |
| Series: | Signet Classics (Hardcover) |
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About The Author
Augustine of Hippo
Rex Warner was a Professor of the University of Connecticut from 1964 until his retirement. He was born in 1905 and went to Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained a ‘first’ in Classical Moderations, and took a degree in English Literature. He taught in Egypt and England, and was Director of the British Institute, Athens, from 1945 to 1947. He has written poems, novels and critical essays, has worked on films and broadcasting, and has translated many works, of which Xenophon’s History of My Time and The Persian Expedition, Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War, and Plutarch’s Lives (under the title Fall of the Roman Republic) and Moral Essays have been published in Penguin Classics.
Martin Marty, one of today’s most respected theologians, is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, where the Martin Marty Center has been founded to promote public religion endeavors. His more than fifty books include Modern American Religion. He is a winner of the National Book Award and was the first religion scholar to receive the National Humanities Medal.
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