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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958167103321

Autore

Vaught Carl G. <1939->

Titolo

Access to God in Augustine's Confessions : books 10-13 / / Carl G. Vaught

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005

ISBN

9780791483527

0791483525

9781423744047

1423744047

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Disciplina

270.2/092

Soggetti

Spirituality - Christianity - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Christian saints - Algeria - Hippo (Extinct city) - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Access to God in Augustine's Confessions Books X-XIII -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ENTERPRISE -- UNITY AND SEPARATION IN AUGUSTINE'S THINKING -- SPEAKING AND HEARING AS PRIMORDIAL PHENOMENA -- PROBLEMS OF ACCESS TO THE TEXT -- 1. The Nature of Memory (Book X) -- THE MEANING OF CONFESSION (10.1.1-10.5.7) -- THE MIND'S WAY TO GOD (10.6.8-10.27.38) -- AUGUSTINE'S SPIRITUAL CONDITION (10.28.39-10.41.66) -- CHRIST, THE MEDIATOR (10.42.67-10.43.70) -- 2. The Problem of Time (Book XI) -- MOTIVES FOR CONFESSION (11.1.1-11.2.4) -- CREATION AND THE SPEAKING WORD (11.3.5-11.13.16) -- WHAT IS TIME? (11.14.17-11.20.26) -- MEASURING TEMPORALITY (11.21.27-11.27.36) -- MEMORY, APPREHENSION, AND EXPECTATION (11.28.37-11.28.38) -- STRETCHED OUT, GATHERED UP, STRETCHING FORTH (11.29.39-11.31.41) -- 3. The Hermeneutics of Creation (Books XII-XIII) -- FORM AND THE ABYSS (12.1.1-12.13.16) -- AUGUSTINE AND HIS CRITICS (12.14.17-12.16.23) -- ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS (12.17.24-12.22.31) -- MEANING, TRUTH, AND INFINITE RICHNESS (12.23.32-12.32.43) -- CREATION AND THE TRINITY (13.1.1-13.11.12) -- FIGURATIVE INTERPRETATION (13.12.13-



13.34.49) -- THE TELOS OF THE NEW CREATION (13.35.50-13.38.53) -- Notes -- NOTES TO PREFACE -- NOTES TO INTRODUCTION -- NOTES TO CHAPTER ONE -- NOTES TO CHAPTER TWO -- NOTES TO CHAPTER THREE -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- l -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Continuing his groundbreaking reappraisal of the Confessions, Carl G. Vaught shows how Augustine's solutions to philosophical and theological problems emerge and discusses the longstanding question of the work's unity.