Augustine: conversions to confessions

ASaint Augustine is one of the most influential figures in all of Christianity, yet his path to sainthood was by no means assured. Born in AD 354 to a pagan father and a Christian mother, Augustine spent the first thirty years of his life struggling to understand the nature of God and his world. He learned about Christianity as a child but was never baptized, choosing instead to immerse himself in the study of rhetoric, Manicheanism, and then Neoplatonism--all the while indulging in a life of lust and greed. In AugustineConfessions Magisterial and beautifully written, Augustine.

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedication; Epigraph; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Confession and Conversion; 2 Worldly Ambitions; PART I; 3 Infancy, Order and Sin; 4 Family Scars; 5 'So Small a Boy, So Great a Sinner ... '; 6 Unfriendly Friendship; 7 'To Carthage I Came ... '; PART II; 8 Apostle of Christ; 9 The Living Gospel; 10 Becoming Martha; 11 Selling Lies for a Living; 12 Guided Encounters; 13 Eternal Rome; PART III; 14 Milan and Ambrose; 15 'Torn from My Side ... '; 16 Greater Friends; 17 Plato Reborn; 18 Inwards and Upwards; 19 Sex, Ambition and Philosophy

20 Into the GardenPART IV; 21 Gentle Withdrawal; 22 Villa Life; 23 'Watering My Couch with Tears'; 24 Augustine With Augustine; 25 Born Again; 26 The Last Days of Monnica; 27 Authority and Love; 28 Slaves of God; 29 True Religion; PART V; 30 The Reluctant Priest; 31 Sinners and Seekers; 32 Faith and Error; 33 'Not in Rioting and Drunkenness ... '; 34 Seat of the Scornful; PART VI; 35 The Seven Steps; 36 Paul and Lazarus; 37 Postal Contacts; 38 Amazing Grace; 39 Food for Scandal; 40 Shared Burdens; 41 Confessing; 42 The Heaven of Heavens; 43 Epilogue; Photos; About the Author; Praise for Augu…