Confessions

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780141396897 Author(s): Saint Augustine Format: Hardcover Illustrator: Coralie Bickford-Smith Language: English Year: 2015 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Pages: 576 Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks

Description: Pocket Hardbacks- world-changing ideas meet eye-catching design- the best of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series, now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's award-winning clothbound coversA new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-SmithWorld-changing ideas meet eye-catching design- the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's distinctive, award-winning covers. Whether on a well-curated shelf or in your back pocket, these timeless works of philosophical, political, and psychological thought are absolute must-haves for book collectors as well as design enthusiasts.The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and worldviews. HisConfessions, 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, theConfessionsalso 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 hisConfessionsand 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 1,500titles, Penguin Class