When I Was a Child: Spiritual Infancy and God's Maternity in Augustine's 'Confessiones'

M.D. studies A.'s maternal imagery, for example images of nouishing, to indicate divine influence on human activity in A.'s Confessiones and some earlier authors. "A's infancy and God's active maternity shape the first nine books of the Confessions..." and his conversion signals his crossing to adul...

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Bibliographic Details
Author:Marsha L. Dutton
Pages:113-140
Language:English
Format:Essay
Topic:- Works > Confessiones
- Doctrine > Man > Augustinian anthropology > [Enfant/enfance] > [Enfance spirituelle]
- Doctrine > God. Trinity > God > [Conception humaine de Dieu] > [Dieu-père/mère] > [Dieu - Mère]
Parent Work: Augustine: 'Second Founder of the Faith'
Status:Active
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Summary:M.D. studies A.'s maternal imagery, for example images of nouishing, to indicate divine influence on human activity in A.'s Confessiones and some earlier authors. "A's infancy and God's active maternity shape the first nine books of the Confessions..." and his conversion signals his crossing to adulthood.

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