The Confessions (Hendrickson Christian Classics) - Hardcover

St Augustine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565638115 ISBN 13: 9781565638112

Publisher: Hendrickson, 2008

Synopsis

"Spirituality involves taking our personal experience seriously as raw material for redemption and holiness, examining the material of our daily lives with as much rigor as we do Scripture and doctrine. The Confessions is the landmark work in this exercise."
--Eugene Peterson, from his book Take and Read

Written in the waning days of the Roman era, Augustine's Confessions are the moving diary of a soul's journey. From his earliest memories of childhood, through his turbulent and licentious youth, to his resolute conversion at the age of 32, Augustine traces a pilgrimage of unbounded grace. Throughout, he passionately addresses the spiritual questions that have engaged thoughtful minds since time began.

Every Christian library needs the classics--the timeless books that have spoken powerfully to generations of believers. Now Hendrickson Christian Classics allows readers to build an essential classics library in affordable modern editions. Each volume is freshly retypeset for reading comfort, while thoughtful new introductions place each in historical and spiritual context. Attractive, classically bound covers look great together on the shelf. Best of all, value pricing makes this series easy to own. Planned to span the spectrum of Christian wisdom through the ages, Hendrickson Christian Classics sets a new standard for quality and value.

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Review:

a[Wills] renders Augustineas famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.a
a"Los Angeles Times"
a[Willsas] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Willsas pages.a
aPeter Brown, "The New York Review of Books"
aAugustine flourishes in Willsas hand.a
aJames Wood
aA masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.a
a"Chicago Tribune"

"[Wills] renders Augustine''s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact."
-"Los Angeles Times"

"[Wills''s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills''s pages."
-Peter Brown, "The New York Review of Books"

"Augustine flourishes in Wills''s hand."
-James Wood

"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition."
-"Chicago Tribune"
"[Wills] renders Augustine s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact." Los Angeles Times

"[Wills s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills s pages." Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books

"Augustine flourishes in Wills s hand." James Wood

"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition." Chicago Tribune

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"[Wills] renders Augustine's famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact." --Los Angeles Times

"[Wills's] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills's pages." --Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books

"Augustine flourishes in Wills's hand." --James Wood

"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition." --Chicago Tribune

About the Author:

Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo (November 13, 354-August 28, 430) is a saint and the pre-eminent Doctor of the Church according to Roman Catholicism; he was the eldest son of Saint Monica. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, which does not accept all of his teachings, he is usually called "Blessed Augustine." Many Protestants consider him to be a spiritual ancestor of Protestantism, in the sense that Protestantism's founder Martin Luther was deeply influenced by him (Luther was trained as an Augustinian monk).

About this edition

• Publisher: Hendrickson
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1565638115
• ISBN 13: 9781565638112
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360