This classic biography was first published forty-five years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching.

Peter Brown is Rollins Professor of History emeritus at Princeton University. Brown is the leading English-language authority on St. Augustine; his many books include Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity, Body and Society, Power and Persuasion, Authority and the Sacred, and The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, a.d. 200-1000.

Preface To The New Edition Preface Part I - 354 -385 Chronological Table A Africa Monica Education 'Wisdom' Manichaeism Friends Success Part II - 386-395 Chronological Table B Ambrose The Platonists 'Philosophy' Christianae Vitae Otium: Cassiciacum Ostia Servus Dei: Thagaste Presbyter Ecclesiae Catholicae: Hippo The Lost Future The 'Confessions' Part III - 395-410 Chronological Table C Hippo Regius Saluberrima consilia Ubi Ecclesia? Instantia Disciplina Populus Dei Doctrina Christiana 'Seek His Face Evermore' Part IV - 410-420 Chronological Table D Senectus Mundi Magnum opus et arduum Civitas peregrina Unity Achieved Pelagius And Pelagianism Causa Gratiae Fundatissima Fides Part V - 420-430 Chronological Table E Julian of Eclanum Predestination Old Age The End Of Roman Africa Death Epilogue New Evidence New Directions Bibliography Index