Augustine's Manichaean dilemma, 1
Subtitle: conversion and apostasy, 373-388 C.E.
By: Jason David BeDuhn.
Series: Divinations: rereading late ancient religion
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780812242102
Subjects: Augustine, -- Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Conversion -- Christianity; Manichaeism; Apostasy -- Christianity
Description: "Augustine of Hippo is history's best-known Christian convert. The very concept of conversio owes its dissemination to Augustine's Confessions, and yet, as Jason BeDuhn notes, conversion in Augustine is not the sudden, dramatic, and complete transformation of self we likely remember it to be. Rather, in the Confessions Augustine depicts conversion as a lifelong process, a series of self-discoveries and self-departures. The tale of Augustine is one of conversion, apostasy, and conversion again."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Becoming Manichaean; title: Inhabitation; title: Indoctrination; title: Faustus; title: Exile; title: The apostate; title: Conversion; title: Rationalizing faith; title: A new man.