You Converted Me: The Confessions of St. Augustine (Classics of Christian Faith for Today's Readers S.) - Softcover

Augustine's Confessions is both a Christian classic and a literary masterpiece. But it has never been as accessible?or relevant?to young adult readers than it is, now. The Confessions chronicles the youthful adventures and inner spiritual turmoil of one of the greatest and most influential theologians in the history of the Christian church. From musings on the trust he held for his mother at birth, sexual liaisons with various women as a teenager, an infamous episode of feeling guilt-ridden after stealing from a neighbor, to his ultimate and dramatic conversion at age thirty-three, Augustine bears his heart in these pages. Now, for the first time, the first eight books of the Confessions are gathered here in a modern-day translation, with an introduction and over seventy annotations to aid young adults in approaching this spiritual classic for the first time.

Mark Ogilbee has knelt in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, shivered in the cold atop Mt. Sinai at sunrise, and has walked the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral in France. He holds an M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary and now lives in Vermont, where he is a writer and editor. Jana Reiss earned a Ph.D. in American religious history from Columbia University and a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Tony Jones is the national coordinator of Emergent-U.S. (www.emergentvillage.com) and a doctoral fellow and senior research fellow in practical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Postmodern Youth Ministry: Exploring Cultural Shift, Cultivating Authentic Community, Creating Holistic Connections and The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life. Tony lives with his wife, Julie, and three children in Edina, Minnesota.