St. Augustine's Theory of Conversion

F.V.F. analyzes twelve stories told in Confessiones and determines common elements of a literary form of conversion. F.V.F. believes that A. has reflected upon his own conversion experience, understood it through his reading of Neoplatonism, Scripture, and a few other conversions of which he had hea...

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Author:Frederick Van Fleteren
Pages:65-80
Language:English
Format:Essay
Topic:- Biography > Person and Life > Conversion / Baptism > Conversion
- Works > Confessiones
- Doctrine > From man to God > [Morale] > Faith > Conversion
Parent Work: Augustine: 'Second Founder of the Faith'
Status:Active
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Summary:F.V.F. analyzes twelve stories told in Confessiones and determines common elements of a literary form of conversion. F.V.F. believes that A. has reflected upon his own conversion experience, understood it through his reading of Neoplatonism, Scripture, and a few other conversions of which he had heard, and then interpreted all other conversions through his own. A. 's report of his own conversion in Confessiones is essentially historical and provides a paradigm for allother conversion stories.