Description |
128 pages ; 20 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Introduction -- The Testimony, Book eight: Searching for help; First conversion story, Victorinus; Second conversion story, Sergius Paul; Back to Victorinus; Four more converts, Pontician's friends and their wives; The garden; Seventh conversion story, Anthony; Eighth conversion story, Augustine -- Commentary. |
Summary |
Final volume in a series of translations of Augustine's Confessiones. Discusses the structure of the work, the controversies surrounding who was responsible for Augustine's conversion, and the questions Augustine raises about the nature of conversion itself. |
Subject |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
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Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography.
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Conversion -- Christianity.
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Added Author |
Wills, Garry, 1934-
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Added Title |
Confessiones. Liber 8. English
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ISBN |
0670033529 alkaline paper |
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9780670033522 alkaline paper |
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