Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Confessions 1-4, Departing From And Returning Towards Confessio Chapter 2: Confessions 5-7, Discovering Confessio Is Reasonable Chapter 3: Confessions 8-10, Living Confessio Chapter 4: Confessions 11-13, Confessio’s Ultimate Ground Is The Godhead Conclusion: Confessions Is About Confessio—And Confessio Imitates Divine Incarnation Bibliography Index
A new guide to reading Augustine's classic text the Confessions.
Barry A. David is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair Emeritus of the Philosophy Department at Ave Maria University, USA.
Barry David's new book offers a powerful and insightful exposition
of Augustine's Confessions. By exploring the many senses of its
title theme - confessio - David unfolds the work's central
recognition: that human hearts can find rest only in praise of the
incarnate God. David forcefully argues that this insight is the key
to the text's overall unity and carefully follows the inner logic
of its 'confessional' narrative, as Augustine spools his developing
theological understanding around the story of his life. Grounded in
contemporary scholarship as well as in close textual analysis,
David's accessible volume will be of interest to a wide spectrum of
readers.
*John Peter Kenney, St. Michael’s College, USA*
Our heart is restless until it rests in you. This line might have
made a popular love song yet in fact it comes from Augustine of
Hippo’s famous spiritual autobiography! Long held up as a world
classic, this book has been prized for its candid account of its
author’s heart which so easily becomes our own story as we read it.
Barry David’s new book is for these readers, whether they be
specialists or simply the curious, keen to take the book in
carefully and schematically, on all its many and interlinked levels
of operation. David is always erudite and open; determined to show
that confessio really is the key to the whole book, from start to
finish. It will be essential reading as a new generation sets out
to make its own way with the book.
*Anthony Dupont, KU Leuven, Belgium*
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