Review Quotes:
"There are many good translations, but I must commend the Benedictine Sr. Maria Boulding whose New City Press translation is exquisitely attentive to the sacrificial dimensions of Augustine's theology." C.C. Pecknold - The Catholic Herald
"Boulding's fresh new translation of this classic captures the essence of Augustine's struggle to integrate faith and understanding as his heart seeks to rest in God." Publishers Weekly, RBL
"Augustine's Confessions has been much translated: but it is no exaggeration to say that Sister Maria Boulding's version is of a different level of excellence from practically anything else on the market." Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
"A whole new generation should fall in love with one of Christendom's greatest works, thanks to Maria Boulding." Catholic Library World
"Boulding is to be commended for capturing the emotion, humility, and sincerity in Augustine's writing... Buy this book and read it, often. Buy another copy and give it to someone who is struggling with sin, forgiveness, or mercy. Pass along a copy to a friend or colleague who has never realized the restoration found in confessing our poor state of God. This is an important new translation." Faith and Mission
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Book I
Infancy and Boyhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Book II
Adolescence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Book III
Student Years at Carthage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Book IV
Augustine the Manichee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Book V
Faustus at Carthage, Augustine to Rome and Milan . . . . . . . . . . 76
Book VI
Milan, 385: Progress, Friends, Perplexities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Book VII
Neo-Platonism Frees Augustine's Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Book VIII
Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Book IX
Death and Rebirth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Book X
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Book XI
Time and Eternity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Book XII
Heaven and Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Book XIII
The Days of Creation, Prophecy of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
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Augustine undertook his greatest piece of writing with the conviction that God wanted him to make this confession. The book in fact is an extended poetic, passionate and intimate prayer.
