Augustine : conversions to confessions / Robin Lane Fox.

Author/creator Lane Fox, Robin, 1946- author.
Format Book
EditionFirst US edition.
PublicationNew York : Basic Books, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Descriptionxiv, 657 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Confession and conversion -- Worldly ambitions -- Infancy, order and sin -- Family scars -- "So small a boy, so great a sinner..." -- Unfriendly friendship -- "To Carthage I came..." -- Apostle of Christ -- The living gospel -- Becoming Martha -- Selling lies for a living -- Guided encounters -- Eternal Rome -- Milan and Ambrose -- "Torn from my side..." -- Greater friends -- Plato reborn -- Inwards and upwards -- Sex, ambition and philosophy -- Into the garden -- Gentle withdrawal -- Villa life -- "Watering my couch with tears" -- Augustine with Augustine -- Born again -- The last days of Monnica [sic] -- Authority and love -- Slaves of God -- True religion -- The reluctant priest -- Sinners and seekers -- Faith and error -- "Not in rioting and drunkenness..." -- Seat of the scornful -- The seven steps -- Paul and Lazarus -- Postal contacts -- Amazing grace -- Food for scandal -- Shared burdens -- Confessing -- The heaven of heavens -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formBiography.
ISBN9780465022274 (hardback)
ISBN0465022278 (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BR1720 .A9 L36 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold