num_pages: 320
description: An Alternate Cover edition of this ISBN can be found here.More than an autobiography, The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the most influential religious books in the Christian tradition. A great work of Western literature, it recalls crucial events and episodes in the author's life, in particular, life with his devoutly Christian mother and his origins in rural Algeria in the mid-fourth century A.D.; the rise to a lavish life at the imperial court in Milan; his struggle with sexual desires; eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and marriage; and recovery of his Catholic faith.This intensely personal narrative — among the first in which self-analysis was used to describe spiritual and emotional experiences — provides a detailed, classic recounting of one man's internal struggles and religious conversion. The book will be useful to anyone interested in the impact made by one of the foremost leaders in the development of Christian thought.
language: English
title: The Confessions
titlecomplete: The Confessions
characters: Ambrose, Augustine of Hippo
genres: Religion, Biography, Philosophy, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Classics, Theology, Christian, History, Christianity
ratings_count: 61261
series: Patrística
publisher: Dover Publications