Download or read book Contemplation and Classical Christianity written by John Peter Kenney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores Augustine's developing understanding of contemplation, beginning with his earliest accounts written before his baptism and ending with the Confessions. The arc of Augustine's thought through these years of transition leads into the Confessions, giving a vantage point to survey its classical Christian theology of contemplation.