The journey toward God in Augustine's Confessions : books I-VI / 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, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones--Liber 1-6.

Augustine.

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new interpretation of the first six books of Augustine's Confessions, emphasizing the importance of Christianity rather than Neoplatonism.

Contents:

Intro

The Journey toward God in Augustine's Confessions

Contents

Preface

Introduction

THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ENTERPRISE

THE CENTRALITY OF GOD AND THE SOUL

PROBLEMS OF ACCESS TO THE TEXT

1. Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence: From Will to Willfulness (Books I-II)

THE DYNAMISM OF THE TEXT (1.1.1-1.5.6)

ORIGINS AND INFANCY (1.6.7-1.7.12)

LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION (1.8.13-1.18.29)

PERSONAL DEFECTS, IMAGO DEI, AND SIN (1.19.30-1.19.31)

SEXUALITY (2.1.1-2.3.8)

THE PEAR-STEALING EPISODE (2.4.9-2.10.18)

2. The Philosophical Turn: Seven Stages of Experiential and Reflective Development (Books III-IV)

LOVE, FALSE IMAGES, AND RHETORIC (3.1.1-3.3.6)

CICERO AND THE BIBLE (3.4.7-3.5.9)

BECOMING A MANICHAEAN (3.6.10-3.12.21)

FRAGMENTATION, ILLEGITIMACY, AND ASTROLOGY (4.1.1-4.3.6)

THE DEATH OF A FRIEND (4.4.7-4.12.19)

THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE FITTING (4.13.20-4.15.27)

CATEGORIES, TRANSCENDENTALS, AND THE LIBERAL ARTS (4.16.28-4.16.31)

3. Manichaeism, Skepticism, and Christianity (Books V-VI)

THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF GOD (5.1.1-5.2.2)

THE FAILURE OF FAUSTUS (5.3.3-5.7.13)

THE FLIGHT TO ROME (5.8.14-5.12.22)

AMBROSE AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (5.13.23-6.5.8)

FRAGMENTATION AND FRIENDSHIP (6.6.9-6.16.26)

Notes

NOTES TO PREFACE

NOTES TO INTRODUCTION

NOTES TO CHAPTER 1

NOTES TO CHAPTER 2

NOTES TO CHAPTER 3

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index.

ISBN:

9780791486535

0791486532

9781417508617

1417508612

OCLC:

61367790