Confessions in The Complete Idiots Guide to the Ultimate Reading List

Dec 03, 2010 Cheryl rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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While there were moments that I really appreciated the writing of St. Augustine, I found this book so very tedious to finish! His conversion story was fascinating, but I struggled with his rhetoric and long philosophical lectures. I was hoping for some enlightenment, but in the end felt that he really gave me no reason to feel that the conclusions he had reached concerning God and religion were good and based on anything but his own interpretation of scripture. His evidences through scripture we ...more

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Dec 22, 2009 Tara Lynn rated it really liked it

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In a completely unrelated rant, I blame Diana Gabaldon completely for destroying my ability to keep up with my booklist this year. First I had to re-read the entire Outlander Series to prep for Echo in the Bone in September, and there were all of those Lord John books to get through. Ugh. (I loved every minute of my re-reads, but still, the booklist is definitely shot.)

I love Confessions. It's probably one of the most beautiful Christian themed books I've ever read, with the exception of Dante' ...more

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Oct 23, 2019 Peggy rated it really liked it

I read Sarah Ruden’s 2017 translation and it was a joy. You might think this book is only for serious Christians but it’s a lovely book for those interested in early philosophy and for anyone who struggles with her darker angels. I am not a Christian although raised as a Protestant. I found Augustine’s voice to be alternately sweet, agonized, joyous, humble, a few times a little full of himself and utterly human. Thanks to Ruden’s scholarship I even was enabled to get some of his puns! I came aw ...more

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