{"product_id":"the-confessions-of-saint-augustine-9780385029551","title":"The Confessions of Saint Augustine","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeartfelt, incisive, and timeless, \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions of Saint Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e has captivated readers for more than fifteen hundred years. Retelling the story of his long struggle with faith and ultimate conversion -- the first such spiritual memoir ever recorded -- Saint Augustine traces a story of sin, regret, and redemption that is both deeply personal and, at the same time, universal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting with his early life, education, and youthful indiscretions, and following his ascent to influence as a teacher of rhetoric in Hippo, Rome, and Milan, Augustine is brutally honest about his proud and amibitious youth. In time, his early loves grow cold and the luster of wordly success fades, leaving him filled with a sense of inner absence, until a movement toward Christian faith takes hold, eventually leading to conversion and the flourishing of a new life. Philosophically and theologically brilliant, sincere in its feeling, and both grounded in history and strikingly contemporary in its resonance, \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions of Saint Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless classic that will persist as long as humanity continues to long for meaning in life and peace of soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Augustine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Image\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/1960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385029551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Saint Augustine was one of those towering figures who so dominated his age that the age itself bears his name. the Age of Augustine was a time of transition, and Augustine was a genius of such stature that, according to Christopher Dawson, he was, to a far greater degree than any emperor or general or barbarian war-lord, a maker of history and a builder of the bridge which was to lead him from the old world to the new.\u003cbr\u003e He was the ablest religious thinker and controversialist at a period when theological controversy reached a level of intellectual refinement never achieved before or since. He was a tireless preacher and he wrote 118 treatises, including the most famous spiritual autobiography of all time, \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e. Of all these works, the one most prized by Augustine was his \u003ci\u003eCity of God\u003c\/i\u003e, a veritable encyclopedia of information on the lives, thoughts and aspirations of ancient and early Christian man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Image","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41142622650483,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":20.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6b5ac8b0-a2b0-4198-984a-3ca6be72c5ff.jpg?v=1701876150","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-confessions-of-saint-augustine-9780385029551","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}