Vaught, Carl. Encounters with God in Augustine's Confessions: Books VII-IX.(Book Review)

From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

VAUGHT, Carl. Encounters with God in Augustine's Confessions: Books VII-IX. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004. xii + 175 pp. Cloth, $35.00--This volume picks up where Vaught's Journey toward God in Augustine's Confessions: Books I-VI (2003) concluded. The three chapters of this present work follow the Confessions' three central books, looking at Augustine's Neoplatonic moment of ecstasy, his conversion to Christianity in the Milanese garden, and the shared vision with his mother Monica in the house at Ostia. Very much appreciated in Vaught's approach here is his ...

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