Access to God in Augustine's Confessions: Books X-XIII

Contents

vii Contents Preface ix Introduction 1 The Framework of the Enterprise 5 Unity and Separation in Augustine’s Thinking 9 Speaking and Hearing as Primordial Phenomena 14 Problems of Access to the Text 19 1. The Nature of Memory (Book X) 27 The Meaning of Confession (10.1.1–10.5.7) 29 The Mind’s Way to God (10.6.8–10.27.38) 36 Augustine’s Spiritual Condition (10.28.39–10.41.66) 81 Christ, the Mediator (10.42.67–10.43.70) 96 2. The Problem of Time (Book XI) 101 Motives for Confession (11.1.1–11.2.4) 103 Creation and the Speaking Word (11.3.5–11.13.16) 109 What is Time? (11.14.17–11.20.26) 123 Measuring Temporality (11.21.27–11.27.36) 130 Memory, Apprehension, Expectation (11.28.37–11.28.38) 140 Stretched Out, Gathered Up, Stretching Forth (11.29.39–11.31.41) 144 3. The Hermeneutics of Creation (Books XII–XIII) 151 Form and the Abyss (12.1.1–12.13.16) 153 Augustine and His Critics (12.14.17–12.16.23) 166 Alternative Interpretations (12.17.24–12.22.31) 172 Meaning, Truth, and Infinite Richness (12.23.32–12.32.43) 180 Creation and the Trinity (13.1.1–13.11.12) 190 Figurative Interpretation (13.12.13–13.34.49) 202 The Telos of the New Creation (13.35.50–13.38.53) 224 Notes 227 Bibliography 257 Index 265 ...