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St. Augustine's Confessions, William R. Cook and Ronald B. Herzman, Part 1

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St. Augustine's Confessions, William R. Cook and Ronald B. Herzman, Part 1

Language

eng

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videorecording

Main title

St. Augustine's Confessions

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videorecording

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568987327

Responsibility statement

William R. Cook and Ronald B. Herzman

Runtime

540

Series statement

Great courses

Summary

Analyses the classic work, Confessions by St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430). Includes Roman history, Christian controversies at the time and background for understanding St. Augustine's book. Also discusses the ongoing usefulness of the work and how it may serve as a guide despite the differences between Augustine's world and ours

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. part 1. Lecture 1. Augustine and the Confession -- Lecture 2. Augustine and the world of classical antiquity -- Lecture 3. The corpus of Augustine's writings -- Lecture 4. Form and genre -- Lecture 5. Book I, Sin and confession -- Lecture 6. Book I, Augustine's childhood. Disc 2. Lecture 7. Book II, Augustine grows up -- Lecture 8. Book II, Stealing pears: so what? -- Lecture 9. Book III, The journey begins -- Lecture 10. Book IV, The problem of friendship -- Lecture 11. Book V, From Carthage to Rome -- Lecture 12. Book VI, A new look at Christianity

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Saint Augustine's Confessions

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