On Music, Order, and Memory: Investigating Augustine’s Descriptive Method in the Confessions
Augustine’s account in the Confessions Book IX of his ecstasy at Ostia remains unsurpassed in its poetic force, yet unusual, as a description of religious experience, in two particular respects. First of all, what he describes is not a “vision” of God, but an experience of listening. Second, it is n...
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De Gruyter
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Open Theology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0116 |