| Description |
12 audio discs (approximately 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Note |
The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 24 lectures. |
| Performer |
Lecturers, Professor William R. Cook, State University of New York at Geneseo and Professor Ronald B. Herzman, State University of New York at Geneseo. |
| Note |
Course no. 6627. |
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Compact disc. |
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Title from container. |
| Summary |
An analysis of the classic work Confessions by St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430). Includes Roman history and Christian controversries at the time and background for understanding the book. Also discusses its ongoing usefulness and how it may serve as a guide despite the obvious diffrence between Augustine's world and ours. |
| Contents |
Augustine and the Confessions -- Augustine and the world of classical antiquity -- The corpus of Augustine's writings -- Form and genre -- Book I: sin and confession -- Book I: Augustine childhood -- Book II: Augustine grows up -- Book II: stealing pears: so what? -- Book III: the journey begins -- Book IV: the problem of friendship -- Book V: from Carthage to Rome -- Book VI: a new look at Christianity -- Book VII: Neo-Platonism and truth -- Book VII: faith and reason -- Book VIII: converging conversions -- Book VIII: "pick it up and read" -- Book IX: the new man -- Book IX: the death of Monica -- Book X: Augustine and the bishop -- Book X: Augustine on memory -- Book XI: Augustine on time -- Book XII: Augustine on biblical interpretation -- Book XIII: Augustine on creation -- The Confessions through the ages. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones.
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Catholic Church -- Bishops -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Herzman, Ronald B., author, speaker.
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Teaching Company.
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Recorded Books, LLC.
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| Added Title |
Saint Augustine's Confessions |
| ISBN |
9781490678849 |
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1490678840 |
| Music No. |
GC0683 Recorded Books |
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6627 Teaching Co. |
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