The mysticism of Saint Augustine : rereading the confessions / John Peter Kenney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kenney, John Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones.

Augustine.

Mysticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Mysticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Augustine's vision at Ostia is one of the most influential accounts of mystical experience in the Western tradition, and a subject of persistent interest to Christians, philosophers and historians. This book explores Augustine's account of his experience as set down in the Confessions and considers his mysticism in relation to his classical Platonist philosophy. John Peter Kenney argues that while the Christian contemplative mysticism created by Augustine is in many ways founded on Platonic thought, Platonism ultimately fails Augustine in that it cannot retain the truths that it a

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I FLIGHT TO THE ALONE; Part II VISION AT OSTIA; Part III A LIVING SOUL OF THE FAITHFUL; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-44271-8

1-134-44272-6

1-280-21681-6

9786610216819

0-203-01893-1

9780203018934

OCLC:

475963791