The Confessions of Saint Augustine, Saint Augustine
The Confessions of Saint Augustine, Saint Augustine
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The Confessions of Saint Augustine

Author: Saint Augustine

Narrator: Mel Foster

Unabridged: 12 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/24/2010

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The Confessions of Saint Augustine is one of the most moving diaries ever recorded of a man's journey to the fountain of God's grace. Writing as a sinner, not a saint, Augustine shares his innermost thoughts and conversion experiences, and wrestles with the spiritual questions that have stirred the hearts of the thoughtful since time began.

Starting with his childhood in Numidia and continuing through his youth and early adulthood in Carthage, Rome, and Milan, this book shows Augustine as a human being, a fellow traveler on the road to salvation. If you are fighting changes in your life, struggling to know God more, or staggering around roadblocks in your faith, Augustine's confessions will stretch your mind and enrich your soul.

This version of The Confessions is the classic translation by Edward Bouverie Pusey.

About Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) was a Romanized Berber philosopher and theologian. A Latin church father, he is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He is best known for writing his Confessions.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Murtaza on February 10, 2019

I suspect most people today would not imagine that they have much in common with a Christian saint who lived over 1500 years ago. Remarkably enough however if they read this book I think they'd find much to relate to, just as I did. The Confessions is the famous autobiography of St. Augustine of Hip......more

Goodreads review by Werner on October 20, 2024

Note, Oct. 20, 2024: I've just edited one sentence below to incorporate a point made by another reader who commented. As a first-semester college freshman needing an elective, I signed up for a speed-reading class. I never adopted any of the techniques the course touted, although I got an A in it; bu......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 16, 2022

This is an introspective book. In it, St. Augustine traces his spiritual journey — from the hedonism and materialism of his early youth — to intellectual pursuits of secular philosophy, academic success, and worldly wisdom — to attempting to reach God via alternative spirituality, a blend of false a......more

Goodreads review by Paul on May 09, 2025

Confession is said to be good for the soul; and the Confessions of Saint Augustine of Hippo are good for any person’s soul, regardless of their religious or philosophical beliefs. There is something profoundly compelling in the rigorous, uncompromising manner in which Augustine describes the way he......more