Access to God in Augustine's Confessions : books 10-13 / Carl G. Vaught.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaught, Carl G., 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spirituality--Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Spirituality.

Christian saints--Algeria--Hippo (Extinct city)--Biography--History and criticism.

Christian saints.

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Confessiones--Liber 10-13.

Augustine.

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Continuing his groundbreaking reappraisal of the Confessions, Carl G. Vaught shows how Augustine's solutions to philosophical and theological problems emerge and discusses the longstanding question of the work's unity.

Contents:

Intro

Access to God in Augustine's Confessions Books X-XIII

Contents

Preface

Introduction

THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ENTERPRISE

UNITY AND SEPARATION IN AUGUSTINE'S THINKING

SPEAKING AND HEARING AS PRIMORDIAL PHENOMENA

PROBLEMS OF ACCESS TO THE TEXT

1. The Nature of Memory (Book X)

THE MEANING OF CONFESSION (10.1.1-10.5.7)

THE MIND'S WAY TO GOD (10.6.8-10.27.38)

AUGUSTINE'S SPIRITUAL CONDITION (10.28.39-10.41.66)

CHRIST, THE MEDIATOR (10.42.67-10.43.70)

2. The Problem of Time (Book XI)

MOTIVES FOR CONFESSION (11.1.1-11.2.4)

CREATION AND THE SPEAKING WORD (11.3.5-11.13.16)

WHAT IS TIME? (11.14.17-11.20.26)

MEASURING TEMPORALITY (11.21.27-11.27.36)

MEMORY, APPREHENSION, AND EXPECTATION (11.28.37-11.28.38)

STRETCHED OUT, GATHERED UP, STRETCHING FORTH (11.29.39-11.31.41)

3. The Hermeneutics of Creation (Books XII-XIII)

FORM AND THE ABYSS (12.1.1-12.13.16)

AUGUSTINE AND HIS CRITICS (12.14.17-12.16.23)

ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS (12.17.24-12.22.31)

MEANING, TRUTH, AND INFINITE RICHNESS (12.23.32-12.32.43)

CREATION AND THE TRINITY (13.1.1-13.11.12)

FIGURATIVE INTERPRETATION (13.12.13-13.34.49)

THE TELOS OF THE NEW CREATION (13.35.50-13.38.53)

Notes

NOTES TO PREFACE

NOTES TO INTRODUCTION

NOTES TO CHAPTER ONE

NOTES TO CHAPTER TWO

NOTES TO CHAPTER THREE

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-263) and index.

ISBN:

9780791483527

0791483525

9781423744047

1423744047

OCLC:

461442681