Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion
|
Buy Now
On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,712
Discovery Miles 27 120
|
|
On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity (Hardcover)
Series: Reading Augustine
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Reading Augustine is a new line of books offering personal readings
of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious
scholars. The aim of the series is to make clear Augustine's
importance to contemporary thought and to present Augustine not
only or primarily as a pre-eminent Christian thinker but as a
philosophical, spiritual, literary and intellectual icon of the
West. Why did the ancients come to adopt monotheism and
Christianity? On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity
introduces possible answers to that question by looking closely at
the development of the thought of Augustine of Hippo, whose complex
spiritual trajectory included Gnosticism, academic skepticism,
pagan Platonism, and orthodox Christianity. What was so compelling
about Christianity and how did Augustine become convinced that his
soul could enter into communion with a transcendent God? The
apparently sudden shift of ancient culture to monotheism and
Christianity was momentous, defining the subsequent nature of
Western religion and thought. John Peter Kenney shows us that
Augustine offers an unusually clear vantage point to understand the
essential ideas that drove that transition.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.