TY - BOOK ID - 3521927 TI - The theology of Augustine's Confessions PY - 2015 SN - 9781107094925 1107094925 9781316151266 9781107477643 1107477646 1316256324 1316237400 1316250644 1316252531 1316254437 1316248755 1316235513 1316151263 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Theology KW - History KW - Augustine, KW - 276 =71 AUGUSTINUS KW - Latijnse patrologie--AUGUSTINUS UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3521927 AB - This study of the Confessions engages with contemporary philosophers and psychologists antagonistic to religion and demonstrates the enduring value of Augustine's journey for those struggling with theistic incredulity and religious narcissism. Paul Rigby draws on current Augustinian scholarship and the works of Paul Ricœur to cross-examine Augustine's testimony. This analysis reveals the sophistication of Augustine's confessional text, which anticipates the analytical mindset of his critics. Augustine presents a coherent, defensible response to three age-old problems: free will and grace; goodness, innocent suffering, and radical evil; and freedom and predestination. The Theology of Augustine's Confessions moves beyond commentary and allows present-day readers to understand the Confessions as its original readers experienced it, bridging the divide introduced by Kant, Hegel, Freud, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and their descendants. ER -