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Augustine: Conversions to Confessions

byRobin Lane Fox

Augustine examines conversions to Confessions, combining Robin Lane Fox's clear narrative with the perspective of a biographical portrait. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of biography & autobiography and philosophy. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

Oct 17, 2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

704

ISBN

9780465093854