The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine's Confessions av Catherine (Bryn Mawr College US) Conybeare

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<P>Augustine''s <I>Confessions</I> is one of the most significant works of Western culture. Cast as a long, impassioned conversation with God, it is intertwined with passages of life-narrative and with key theological and philosophical insights. It is enduringly popular, and justly so.</P><P></P><I><P>The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine''s Confessions</I> is an engaging introduction to this spiritually creative and intellectually original work. This guidebook is organized by themes:</P><P></P><UL><P><LI>the importance of language</LI><P></P><P><LI>creation and the sensible world</LI><P></P><P><LI>memory, time and the self</LI><P></P><P><LI>the afterlife of the Confessions.</LI><P></P></UL><P></P><P>Written for readers approaching the <I>Confessions</I> for the first time, this guidebook addresses the literary, philosophical, historical and theological complexities of the work in a clear and accessible way. Excerpts in both Latin and English from this seminal work are included througho