Confessions
$19.21
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
30 December 1963
Summary
The Confessions: A Soul Laid Bare
Saint Augustine of Hippo, a towering figure of the late Roman Empire, recounts his journey from a life of sin to his profound conversion to Christianity at the age of 32. In “The Confessions,” written twelve years later, Augustine offers a deeply personal exploration of his search for truth. This seminal work provides an unparalleled analysis of the emotional complexities of Christian experience in the face of sin, revealing the inner landscape of a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441147 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014044114X |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Saint Augustine of Hippo, Augustine of Hippo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 1963 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 129mm x 197mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
”[Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.” –Los Angeles Times
”[Wills’s] translations … are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages.” –Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books
“Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand.” –James Wood
“A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.” –Chicago Tribune
About The Author
Saint Augustine of Hippo
St Augustine of Hippo, the great Doctor of the Latin Church, was born at Thagaste in North Africa, in A.D. 354. He was brought up as a Christian but he was soon converted to the Manichean religion. He also came under the influence of Neoplatonism. However, in 387 he renounced all his unorthodox beliefs and was baptised. His surviving works had a great influence on Christian theology and the psychology and political theology of the West.
R.S. Pine-Coffin is a Roman Catholic and was born in 1917.
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