000771889 000__ 03512cam\a2200481Ia\4500 000771889 001__ 771889 000771889 005__ 20210515123459.0 000771889 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000771889 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000771889 008__ 170222s2015\\\\nyua\\\\ob\\\\001\0beng\d 000771889 019__ $$a925497236 000771889 020__ $$a9780465061570$$q(electronic book) 000771889 020__ $$a0465061575$$q(electronic book) 000771889 020__ $$z9780465022274 000771889 020__ $$z0465022278 000771889 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn927160336 000771889 035__ $$a(OCoLC)927160336$$z(OCoLC)925497236 000771889 040__ $$aIDEBK$$beng$$epn$$cIDEBK$$dN$T$$dTEFOD$$dCDX$$dN$T$$dTEFOD$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCF$$dOCLCQ$$dRECBK$$dMMI$$dOCLCQ$$dB@L 000771889 049__ $$aISEA 000771889 050_4 $$aBR1720.A9$$bL37 2015eb 000771889 08204 $$a270.2092$$223 000771889 1001_ $$aLane Fox, Robin,$$d1946-$$eauthor. 000771889 24510 $$aAugustine :$$bconversions to confessions /$$cRobin Lane Fox. 000771889 260__ $$aNew York :$$bBasic Books,$$c©2015. 000771889 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiv, 657 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :$$billustrations 000771889 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000771889 336__ $$astill image$$bsti$$2rdacontent 000771889 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000771889 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000771889 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000771889 5050_ $$aConfession and conversion -- Worldly ambitions -- Infancy, order and sin -- Family scars -- "So small a boy, so great a sinner ..." -- Unfriendly friendship -- "To Carthage I came ..." -- Apostle of Christ -- The living Gospel -- Becoming Martha -- Selling lies for a living -- Guided encounters -- Eternal Rome -- Milan and Ambrose -- "Torn from my side ..." -- Greater friends -- Plato reborn -- Inwards and upwards -- Sex, ambition and philosophy -- Into the garden -- Gentle withdrawal -- Villa life -- "Watering my couch with tears" -- Augustine with Augustine -- Born again -- The last days of Monnica -- Authority and love -- Slaves of God -- True religion -- The reluctant priest -- Sinners and seekers -- Faith and error -- 'Not in rioting and drunkenness ..." -- Seat of the scornful -- The seven steps -- Paul and Lazarus -- Postal contacts -- Amazing grace -- Food for scandal -- Shared burdens -- Confessing -- The heaven of heavens -- Epilogue. 000771889 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000771889 520__ $$aASaint Augustine is one of the most influential figures in all of Christianity, yet his path to sainthood was by no means assured. Born in AD 354 to a pagan father and a Christian mother, Augustine spent the first thirty years of his life struggling to understand the nature of God and his world. He learned about Christianity as a child but was never baptized, choosing instead to immerse himself in the study of rhetoric, Manicheanism, and then Neoplatonism--all the while indulging in a life of lust and greed. In AugustineConfessions Magisterial and beautifully written, Augustine. 000771889 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000771889 60000 $$aAugustine,$$cof Hippo, Saint,$$d354-430$$vBiography. 000771889 60000 $$aAugustine,$$cof Hippo, Saint,$$d354-430.$$tConfessiones$$xAuthorship. 000771889 650_0 $$aChristian saints$$zAlgeria$$zHippo (Extinct city)$$vBiography. 000771889 655_7 $$aBiographies.$$2lcgft 000771889 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aLane Fox, Robin, 1946-$$tAugustine.$$dNew York : Basic Books, ©2015$$z0465022278$$z9780465022274$$w(DLC) 2015949890$$w(OCoLC)900624135 000771889 852__ $$bacq 000771889 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000771889 85640 $$3eBooks on EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1079178$$zOnline Access 000771889 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:771889$$pGLOBAL_SET 000771889 980__ $$aEBOOK 000771889 980__ $$aBIB 000771889 982__ $$aEbook 000771889 983__ $$aOnline 000771889 994__ $$a92$$bISE