Robert J. O'Connell

Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination

Buch

As a young student in Paris, O'Connell was first enamored of the intriguing artistic imagery of Augustine's works. The imagery continued to impress him as his scholarship continued. Now, after many years of research and regarding study on the topic, a thorough treatment of Augustine's image clustersis revealed in this volume, Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination. That St. Augustine's writings are empowered by use of poetic imagery is of interest to readers of philosophy, theology, as well as language. In this work, Augustine's imagery is used as a basis to shed light on some of his thought which had previously puzzled the scholarly world.… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8232-1348-1
EAN: 9780823213481
Produktnummer: 1458615
Verlag: Fordham University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
Seitenangabe: 309 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B14.9 cm x D1.7 cm 431 g
Abbildungen: black & white illustrations
Gewicht: 431

Über den Autor

Robert J. O'Connell, S. J. was a Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. His has five publications on St. Augustine, as well as several studies of Plato, William James, and Teilhard de Chardin. In 2015 he established the O'Connell established the O'Connell Initiative at Fordham, a forum for intellectual exploration, that brought together scholars of every aspect of capitalism.