{"product_id":"9780231205009-let-in-the-light","title":"Let in the Light","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLearning to Read St. Augustine's Confessions\u003cbr\u003eJames Boyd White invites readers to join him in a close and engaged encounter with St. Augustine’s \u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e. He offers an accessible guide to reading the text in Latin—even for those who have never studied the language—guiding readers to experience the immediacy, urgency, and vitality of Augustine’s writing.\u003cbr\u003eSt. Augustine’s \u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e is heralded as a classic of Western culture. Yet when James Boyd White first tried to read it in translation, it seemed utterly dull. Its ideas struck him as platitudinous and its prose felt drab. It was only when he started to read the text in Latin that he began to see the originality and depth of Augustine’s work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLet in the Light\u003c\/i\u003e, White invites readers to join him in a close and engaged encounter with the \u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e in which they will come to share his experience of the book’s power and profundity by reading at least some of it in Augustine’s own language. He offers an accessible guide to reading the text in Latin, line by line—even for those who have never studied the language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqually attuned to the resonances of individual words and the deeper currents of Augustine’s culture, \u003ci\u003eLet in the Light\u003c\/i\u003e considers how the form and nuances of the Latin text allow greater insight into the work and its author. White shows how to read Augustine’s prose with care and imagination, rewarding sustained attention and broader reflection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet in the Light\u003c\/i\u003e brings new life to a classic work, guiding readers to experience the immediacy, urgency, and vitality of Augustine’s \u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56345103303030,"sku":"9780231205009","price":118.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_30516598.jpg?v=1758800363","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780231205009-let-in-the-light","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}