St Augustine forged the sacred foundations of Western Christianity – from original sin to God’s grace. Pope Leo’s spiritual home is in the Augustinian religious order.

Augustine was born in Africa and his identity as an African permeates his founding role in Christianity’s beginnings. Catherine Conybeare’s Augustine the African tells his life story, revealing profound questions about Christianity and identity that bear on contemporary debates about race.

Professor Conybeare is joined by scholars of premodern religion and contemporary debates about race.

Joining the conversation will be:

-Professor Andrea Sterk

-Professor Andrew Gallia

-Professor Dwight Lewis Jr.