1st Edition
The Mysticism of Saint Augustine Re-Reading the Confessions
By John Peter Kenney
Copyright 2005
176 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Augustine's vision at Ostia is one of the most influential accounts of mystical experience in the Western tradition, and a subject of persistent interest to Christians, philosophers and historians. This book explores Augustine's account of his experience as set down in the Confessions and considers his mysticism in relation to his classical Platonist philosophy. John Peter Kenney argues that... Read more
Preface Introduction Part I: Flight to the Alone 1. The Root of the Soul 2. A Long Life Stretched Out 3. A Kind of Rest Part 2: Vision at Ostia 1. Books of the Platonists 2. A Trembling Glance 3. The Presence of Truth Part Three: A Living Soul of the Faithful 1. A Home of Bliss 2. Total Concentration of the Heart 3. Snatched up to Paradise Conclusion
Biography
John Peter Kenney is Dean and Professor of Religious Studies at St Michael's College in Vermont.
"This fine book gives us an Augustine who is not captive to the vapid spirituality of our age." -- Robert Louis Wilken, University of Virginia, First Things
