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Theology of Augustine's Confessions

  • Paul Rigby

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This study of the Confessions engages with contemporary philosophers and psychologists antagonistic to religion and demonstrates the enduring value of Augustine's journey for those struggling with theistic incredulity and religious narcissism. Paul Rigby draws on current Augustinian scholarship and the works of Paul Ricœur to cross-examine Augustine's testimony. This analysis reveals the sophistication of Augustine's confessional text, which anticipates the analytical mind-set of his critics. Augustine presents a coherent, defensible response to three age-old problems: free will and grace; goodness, innocent suffering, and radical evil; and freedom and predestination. The Theology of Augustine's Confessions moves beyond commentary and allows present-day readers to understand the Confessions as its original readers experienced it, bridging the divide introduced by Kant, Hegel, Freud, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and their descendants.

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  • Augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430
  • Theology, early church, ca. 30-600
  • Theology
  • History
  • Early church
  • Confessiones (Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo)
  • Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint)
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  • Paul Rigby

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    Cambridge University Press

    2015

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    Cambridge University Press

    2015

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    Cambridge University Press

    2015

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    Cambridge University Press

    2015

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Cambridge University Press

2015