On God, the Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (145 pages)
- Reading Augustine Series .
- Reading Augustine Series .
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Reading Augustine -- Chapter 1: Christian Enlightenment -- Varieties of Christianity -- Pagan Monotheism -- Immaterial Truth -- Chapter 2: God -- Soliloquies -- Eternal Wisdom -- Contemplation and the God of Augustine -- Chapter 3: The Soul -- Confessional Introspection -- The Cursive Self -- Transcendence of the Soul -- Chapter 4: Evil -- Contemporary Theodicy -- Confessing Evil -- Scattered Traces of His Being -- Chapter 5: The Rise of Christianity -- Deification -- Beatitude -- Contemplative Christianity -- Bibliography -- Selected Works of Augustine -- Ancient Authors -- Modern Scholarship -- Index.