From James Wetzel's book, Augustine: A Guide for the Perplexed, published in 2010 by Bloomsbury Academic. Prologue: A Life Confessed Look, my life is a stretch. —Augustine, Conf. 11.29.39 Augustine was born on the 13th of November 354 in the town of Thagaste in Roman North Africa. His historical placement puts him, on the one hand, in a fallow period in the history of  Continue Reading …