{"product_id":"confessions-9780192817792","title":"Confessions","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church  Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity  and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative  Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan  his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature  his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage  and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood. Now  Henry Chadwick  an eminent scholar of early Christianity  has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustines conversion in clear  modern English. We witness the future saints fascination with astrology and with the Manichees  and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God  and touching portraits of Augustines beloved mother  of St. Ambrose of Milan  and of other early Christians like Victorinus  who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustines concerns are often strikingly contemporary  yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers  Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation  and includes an introduction to establish the context. The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable--now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustines deeply personal meditations. Chadwicks lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665878966325,"sku":"ByrdShop_0192817795","price":113.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780192817792.jpg?v=1782412091","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/confessions-9780192817792","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}