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Encounters with God in Augustine's Confessions : books VII-IX / 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 7-9.
- Augustine.
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This reappraisal of the middle section of Augustine's Confessions covers the period of Augustine's conversion to Christianity. The author argues against the prevailing Neoplatonic interpretation of Augustine.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Encounters with God in Augustine's Confessions
- 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 Philosophical Conversion (Book VII)
- THE CONCEPT OF GOD (7.1.1-7.2.3)
- THE PROBLEM OF EVIL (7.3.4-7.8.12)
- NEOPLATONISM AND CHRISTIANITY (7.9.13-7.9.15)
- THE NEOPLATONIC VISION (7.10.16-7.17.23)
- THE NEED FOR A MEDIATOR (7.18.24-7.21.27)
- 2. Augustine's Christian Conversion (Book VIII)
- INITIAL HESITATION (8.1.1-8.1.2)
- THE CONVERSION OF VICTORINUS (8.2.3-8.4.9)
- THE BONDAGE OF THE WILL (8.5.10-8.5.12)
- STAGES OF LIBERATION (8.6.13-8.11.27)
- THE DECISIVE MOMENT (8.12.28-8.12.29)
- THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY (8.12.30)
- 3. Mother and Son A Shared Mystical Experience (Book IX)
- RETIREMENT AND BAPTISM (9.1.1-9.7.16)
- MONICA'S CHARACTER (9.8.17-9.9.22)
- THE GARDEN IN OSTIA (9.10.23-9.10.26)
- THE DEATH OF AUGUSTINE'S MOTHER (9.11.27-9.13.37)
- Notes
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791484999
- 0791484998
- 9781423739890
- 1423739892
- OCLC:
- 124507039
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