| Confessions Contributor(s): Augustine (Author), Pine-Coffin, R. S. (Translator), Pine-Coffin, R. S. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 014044114X ISBN-13: 9780140441147 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $9.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1961 Annotation: When Saint Augustine wrote his Confessions he was facing, and responding to, a growing spread of asceticism in the Roman world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Christianity - History - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 61066334 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.07" W x 7.77" (0.57 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Classic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |