{"product_id":"the-mysticism-of-saint-augustine-john-peter-kenney-9780415288323","title":"The Mysticism of Saint Augustine: Re-Reading the Confessions","description":"\u003cp\u003eAugustine's vision at Ostia is one of the most influential accounts of mystical experience in the Western tradition, and a subject of persistent interest to Christians, philosophers and historians. \u003cbr\u003eThis book explores Augustine's account of his experience as set down in the \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e and considers his mysticism in relation to his classical Platonist philosophy. John Peter Kenney argues that while the Christian contemplative mysticism created by Augustine is in many ways founded on Platonic thought, Platonism ultimately fails Augustine in that it cannot retain the truths that it anticipates. The \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e offer a response to this impasse by generating two critical ideas in medieval and modern religious thought: firstly, the conception of contemplation as a purely epistemic event, in contrast to classical Platonism; secondly, the tenet that salvation is absolutely distinct from enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Peter Kenney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415288320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415288323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.38w x 0.76d","brand":"John Peter Kenney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136066466047,"sku":"9780415288323","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72bf6d41-59a5-451e-abfc-4832f7fc29e4.jpg?v=1770160289","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mysticism-of-saint-augustine-john-peter-kenney-9780415288323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}