Augustine : a guide for the perplexed / James Wetzel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wetzel, James.

Series:

Guides for the Perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a student's guide to the life and work of Augustine; a notoriously challenging thinker, widely read in Philosophy and Christian Theology. The book provides a concise and coherent overview of Augustine, introducing all the key concepts and themes, and is ideal for undergraduates who require more than just a simple introduction to his work and thought.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations of Works Cited; Note on Translations; Figures Invoked; Prologue: A Life Confessed; Chapter One: Death and the Delineation of Soul; Virtue Comes to Grief; Ciceronian plot; Augustinian dénouement; The Materialization of Loss; Trappings of woe; A grievable God; Chapter Two: Sin and the Invention of Will; Pathos of Will; Place of unlikeness; Debriefing on beauty; Beauty Memorialized; From Plato to Paul; The emotion of time; Chapter Three: Sex and the Infancy of Desire; The Mythology of Sin; Grace and original guilt; Adam, Eve, and the angels; Conversion

The tie that unbinds Learning a first logos; Almost an Epilogue: Time Troubled; Suggestions Readings Chapter by Chapter; General Suggestions for Further Reading; Index; Index of Biblical References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4411-5299-7

1-4411-7482-6

1-282-87595-7

9786612875953

OCLC:

893335088