Augustine's Manichaean dilemma, 1

"Augustine of Hippo is history's best-known Christian convert. The very concept of conversio owes its dissemination to Augustine's Confessions, and yet, as Jason BeDuhn notes, conversion in Augustine is not the sudden, dramatic, and complete transformation of self we likely remember it to be. Rather, in the Confessions Augustine depicts conversion as a lifelong process, a series of self-discoveries and self-departures. The tale of Augustine is one of conversion, apostasy, and conversion again."--BOOK JACKET.

Year

2009

Language

English

Series

Divinations: rereading late ancient religion

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Editions

1

Pages

402

ISBN

9780812242102

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