Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1: Conversion and Apostasy, 373-388 C.E.

(Part of the Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series)

by Jason D. BeDuhn

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812242106

ISBN13:9780812242102

Release Date:November 2009

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1: Conversion and Apostasy, 373-388 C.E.

(Part of the Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series)

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