Joshua sits down with Dr. Matthieu Pignot for a talk for which he's unqualified concerning catechumism in Late Antique Africa. Dr. Pignot is a historian by profession, currently serving as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Namur, Matthieu Pignot obtained his doctorate in history at the University of Oxford in 2016, with a thesis entitled: “The catechumenate in late antique Africa: Augustine of Hippo, his contemporaries and early reception (ca. 360-530 AD)”. Previously he completed a MSt at the University of Oxford in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies in 2012, a MA in Ancient Mediterranean and Near-Eastern Studies and a BA in History at the Université Catholique de Louvain in. His main interests lie in the history of late antique and early medieval Christianity in the West, in particular initiation to Christianity, Christian education, hagiography, sermons, the figure and works of Augustine of Hippo, and the reception of late antique works in the middle ages. Within the project he focuses on Latin evidence, in particular hagiography and literary sources from Italy and Gaul. He is particularly interested in the writing and re-writing of biographies and martyrdom accounts, and in their manuscript transmission in the middle ages. Today we are discussing his book The Catechumenate in late antique Africa. Dr Pignot's Book: https://brill.com/display/title/57595 Dr. Pignot's recommendation: Robin Fox's Augustine: Conversions and Confessions:https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/robin-lane-fox/augustine/9780465093854/