Augustine's Confessions: Ten Studies

von Johannes van Oort

250 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book presents new interpretations of essential and well-known passages from Augustine's Confessions. In ten chapters, Augustinian specialist Johannes van Oort analyzes and explains many essential passages in the work from the background of Augustine's thorough knowledge of Manichaeism. This 'Gnostic' variant of Christianity exerted a great influence on the North African Augustine, as evidenced in his most famous and (arguably) most influential work. In a new light appear such figures as Monnica, Ponticianus, Lady Continence, the rather obscure African bishop who speaks of Augustine as "a son of such tears"; events such as the 'illustrious' pear theft, the coming of "a glorious young man" to dreaming Monnica, Augustine's dramatic conversion; basic features such as his concept of 'God', deep sense of (sexual) sin, highly influential reflections on memory, fundamental view of Christ as God's Right Hand and, perhaps most importantly, his mystical spirituality.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum
• ISBN: 9789004685888
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.01.2024
• Größe: 238 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Brill