Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on the Translation vii
4. Chapter 1. The Book’s Birth 1
5. Chapter 2. The Book’s Genre 17
6. Chapter 3. The Book’s African Days 26
7. Chapter 4. The Book’s Ambrose 41
8. Chapter 5. The Book’s “Conversion” 58
9. Chapter 6. The Book’s Baptismal Days 78
10. Chapter 7. The Book’s Hinge 98
11. Chapter 8. The Book’s Culmination 112
12. Chapter 9. The Book’s Afterlife: Early 133
13. Notes 149
14. Basic Readings 155
15. Index 157