
Augustine's Confessions and Contemporary Concerns
David Vincent Meconi(Editor)
Saint Paul Seminary Press
Published on 30. June 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-1-953936-05-9 (ISBN)
Description
Augustine's Confessions and Contemporary Concerns takes each of the thirteen books of Augustine's classic omnibiography to see how the major themes still speak to each of us today. The Bishop of Hippo never intended that the audience for his work be limited to himself and his contemporaries. He wrote on the perennial themes of childhood, humanity's search for meaning, the relationship between religion and science, and the nature of Christian conversion, as well as the philosophical implications of time, embodiment, of reading rightly, and many other longings that will always be found in the restless heart.
Accordingly, scholars expert in Augustine came together to ask what each book of his Confessions offer for the modern mind. These essays will shed insight on Augustine's master work, proving useful to readers of all levels, to those interested in both patrisitc theology as well as in contemporary questions of meaning.
Accordingly, scholars expert in Augustine came together to ask what each book of his Confessions offer for the modern mind. These essays will shed insight on Augustine's master work, proving useful to readers of all levels, to those interested in both patrisitc theology as well as in contemporary questions of meaning.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
The Catholic University of America Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-953936-05-9 (9781953936059)
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Person
David Vincent Meconi, SJ, is associate professor of historical theology at Saint Louis University.