The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions'

Herausgeber: Toom, Tarmo

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Produktbeschreibung

An authoritative guide to Augustine's Confessions - a literary classic and one of the most important theological/philosophical works of Late Antiquity. This Cambridge Companion demonstrate how each generation reads the Confessions in light of current questions and circumstances, and how the text continues to remain relevant and raise new questions.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Religion
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781108449816
• ISBN-10: 1108449816
• Artikelnr.: 57087795

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: what is The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions'? Tarmo Toom
Part I. Circumstances of Composition: 1. Title, time, and circumstances of composition Carolyn Hammond
2. Genre and structure of the Confessions Annemaré Kotzé
3. Anticipated readers Jason BeDuhn
Part II. Main Themes and Topics: 4. Aversion and conversion Marie-Anne Vannier
5. Creation and recreation Matthew Drever
6. Sin and concupiscence Johannes van Oort
7. Grace Volker Henning Drecoll
8. God Paul van Geest
9. Happiness and friendship Anne-Isabelle Bouton-Touboulic
10. Love, will, and the intellectual ascents Sarah Byers
11. Memory, time, and eternity Lenka Karfiková
12. Philosophy Giovanni Catapano
13. Pride and humility Notker Baumann
13. Soul, self, and interiority Phillip Cary
Part III. Reception and Reading Strategies: 14. Manuscript transmission, critical editions, and English translations Gert Partoens
15. Reception in the Middle Ages Eric Leland Saak
16. Reception in the period of reformations Katrin Ettenhuber
17. Reception during the enlightenment Patrick Riley
18. Reading (in) the Confessions Mark Vessey.