A Reader's Companion to Augustine's Confessions
by Paffenroth, Kim; Kennedy, Robert P.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-07-01
Publisher(s): Westminster John Knox Pr
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Summary
This book is a tool for teaching and studying the great Christian classic, Augustine'sConfessions. It is a unique venture in which thirteen different scholars look at each of the thirteen books in theConfessionsand interpret their chapters in light of that book and in light of the rest of Augustine's work. The result is that the richness and ambiguity of Augustine's work shines through as well as the richness and ambiguity of different readings of theConfessions.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 1 | (6) | |
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| 1 Book One: The Presumptuousness of Autobiography and the Paradoxes of Beginning | 7 | (18) | |
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| 2 Book Two: Augustine's Book of Shadows | 25 | (10) | |
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| 3 Book Three: "No Changing Nor Shadow" | 35 | (18) | |
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| 4 Book Four: The Trappings of Woe and Confession of Grief | 53 | (18) | |
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| 5 Book Five: The Disclosure of Hidden Providence | 71 | (18) | |
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| 6 Book Six: Major Characters and Memorable Incidents | 89 | (18) | |
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| 7 Book Seven: Inner Vision as the Goal of Augustine's Life | 107 | (20) | |
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| 8 Book Eight: Science and the Fictional Conversion Scene | 127 | (10) | |
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| 9 Book Nine: The Emotional Heart of the Confessions | 137 | (18) | |
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| 10 Book Ten: The Self Seeking the God Who Creates and Heals | 155 | (12) | |
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| 11 Book Eleven: The Confessions as Eschatological Narrative | 167 | (18) | |
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| 12 Book Twelve: Exegesis and Confessio | 185 | (22) | |
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| 13 Book Thirteen: The Creation of the Church as the Paradigm for the Confessions | 207 | (18) | |
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| Notes | 225 | (36) | |
| For Further Reading | 261 | (2) | |
| Contributors | 263 | (4) | |
| Scripture Index | 267 | (2) | |
| Subject Index | 269 |
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