Confessions

Saint Augustine, R. S. Pine-Coffin, R. S. Pine-Coffin

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Penguin Classics
25 March 2015

Church history

Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks

The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and worldviews. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead an ardent devotee of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography touching on issues relevant to people of all faiths, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today.

In his insightful introduction, R. S. Pine-Coffin discusses Saint Augustine's intentions in writing his Confessions and issues of translation. This edition also includes a list of dates of events recorded in the Confessions. This beautiful edition is part of the Pocket Harbacks series- six beautiful, clothbound non-fiction classics, designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.

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The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and worldviews. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead an ardent devotee of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography touching on issues relevant to people of all faiths, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today. In his insightful introduction, R. S. Pine-Coffin discusses Saint Augustine's intentions in writing his Confessions and issues of translation. This edition also includes a list of dates of events recorded in the Confessions.

For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

By: Saint Augustine
Introduction by: R. S. Pine-Coffin
Translated by: R. S. Pine-Coffin
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 174mm, Width: 113mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 478g
ISBN: 9780141396897
ISBN 10: 014139689X
Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 25 March 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

St Augustine of Hippo, the great Doctor of the Latin Church, was born at Thagaste in North Africa, in 354 CE. He was brought up as a Christian but he was soon converted to the Manichean religion. He also came under the influence of Neoplatonism. However, in 387 he renounced all his unorthodox beliefs and was baptised into Christianity. His surviving works have profoundly influenced Christian theology and the psychology and political theology of the West. R. S. Pine-Coffin was born in 1917. He was educated at Ampleforth and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He died in 1992.

Reviews for Confessions

"""[Wills] renders Augustine's famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact."" -""Los Angeles Times"" ""[Wills's] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills's pages."" -Peter Brown, ""The New York Review of Books"" ""Augustine flourishes in Wills's hand."" -James Wood ""A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition."" -""Chicago Tribune"""