St. Augustine's Confessions /
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 Augu...
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chantilly, VA :
Teaching Co.,
[2004]
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| Series: | Great courses (Compact disc)
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Table of Contents:
- part 1. lecture 1. Augustine and the Confession
- lecture 2. Augustine and the world of classical antiquity
- lecture 3. The corpus of Augustine's writings
- lecture 4. Form and genre
- lecture 5. Book I, Sin and confession
- lecture 6. Book I, Austine's childhood
- lecture 7. Book II, Augustine grows up
- lecture 8. Book II, Stealing pears: so what?
- lecture 9. Book III, The journey begins
- lecture 10. Book IV, The problem of friendship
- lecture 11. Book V, From Carthage to Rome
- lecture 12. Book VI, A new look at Christianity.
- part 2. lecture 13. Book VII, Neo-Platonism and truth
- lecture 14. Book VII, Faith and reason
- lecture 15. Book VIII, Converging conversions
- lecture 16. Book VIII, "Pick it up and read"
- lecture 17. Book IX, The new man
- lecture 18. Book IX, The death of Monica
- lecture 19, Book X, Augustine and the Bishop
- lecture 20, Book X, Augustine on memory
- lecture 21. Book XI, Augustine on time
- lecture 22. Book XII, Augustine on biblical interpretation
- lecture 23. Book XIII, Augustine on creation
- lecture 24. The Confessions through the ages.