Augustine and Autobiography: Confessions as a Roadmap for Self-Reflection
In this article, I explore a pedagogical strategy for teaching Augustine’s Confessions to undergraduate students, which involves a final essay assignment. In the assignment, students compose their own “confessions” at the end of the term that employs Augustine’s Confessions as a roadmap for rigorous...
Main Author: | Mark S. M. Scott |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-03-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/6/1/139 |
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