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What moments from the conversion passage align with your reading of Apuleius? What are the “ingredients” of a conversion narrative?
Introduction Augustine (c. 354–430 C.E.) was a lot like Apuleius. He also grew up in North Africa and was of mixed descent—his mother was an indigenous North African (Berber). Like Apuleius, he moved to a regional center and received an education meant to train him as an orator. But that’s where things changed. Augustine, following…