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St. Augustine's Confessions St. Augustine's conversion to Christianity can be credited to many factors. His own perspective, how society perceives him, as well as his own psyche are all possible means to his conversion. Augustine himself accounts for his conversion through his own personal experience and reasoning. However, sociologists, anthropologists, and psychologists such as Emile Durkheim or Sigmund Freud would probably debate over St. Augustine's reasons for converting to Christianity. Durkheim would perhaps believe that the pressures of society are to be blamed for Augustine's conversion. Meanwhile, Freud would trust that Augustine was swayed to deem that his conversion was based on misconceptions of his own ego and controlled by the unconscious to feel reconciled with his sinful nature or to answer the questions of the unknown. Concurrently, Augustine is convicted that his conversion is solely based on God's grace to reveal Himself to Augustine. St. Augustine's sole purpose for writing...

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