Like the first Hackett edition of the Augustine's Confessions, the second edition features F. J. Sheed's remarkable translation of this classic spiritual autobiography with an Introduction by noted historian of late antiquity Peter Brown. New to this edition are a wealth of notes on literary, philosophical, biblical, historical, and liturgical topics by Michael P. Foley, an Editor's Preface, a map, a timeline, paragraph numbers in the text, a glossary, and a thorough index. The text itself has been completely reset, with textual and explanatory notes placed at the foot of the page for easy reference.

About the Author

F. J. Sheed was co-founder of the publishing house of Sheed & Ward.

Peter Brown is the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Princeton University.

Michael P. Foley is Assistant Professor of Patristics in the Honors College, Baylor University.

Reviews

"To my ears, Sheed's translation is the most beautiful English translation available. The same electric current that runs through Augustine's original can be felt in this translation, which combines a slightly elevated style (more elevated in direct prayers) combined with the immediacy and transparency of a street preacher (not that different from Augustine's own style). The latest edition includes an introduction by Peter Brown, the best biographer of Augustine, and notes and commentary by Michael Foley, a truly excellent reader of Augustine."
-Jared Ortiz, Hope College, in Catholic World Report

"This translation is already a classic. It is the translation that has guided three generations of students and readers into a renewed appreciation of the beauty and urgency of a masterpiece of Christian autobiography. This is largely because the translator has caught not only the meaning of Augustine's Confessions, but a large measure of its poetry. It makes the Latin sing in English as it did when it came from the pen of Augustine, some sixteen hundred years ago. Deeply rooted in the tradition of which Augustine was himself a principal founder, this translation is not only modern: it is a faithful echo, in a language that has carried throughout the ages, of its author's original passion and disquiet."
-Peter Brown

Book Information
ISBN 9780872208179
Author Augustine
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Publisher Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Weight(grams) 564g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm * 25mm