""The origin for this volume is located in the International Donatist Studies Symposium which was held 17-18 May 2012 in Leuven, Belgium.""--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : Donatism, the rediscoverd Christian legacy of Roman Africa / Matthew Alan Gaumer, Anthony Dupont, Mathijs Lamberigts -- Numquid non et Africa sanctorum martyrum corporibus plena est? (Augustine, Ep. 78,3) : martyrs and martyrdom in Roman Africa--a preparation for Donatism? / Marcin Wysocki -- Donatists abound!!! : the polemical ressourcement of late antique villains in the mediaeval and early modern periods / Matthew Alan Gaumer -- Some observations on the anti-Donatist legislation / Paola Marone -- Recording and reporting the Gesta Collationis Carthaginensis : problems and solutions / Clemens Weidmann -- The ecclesiastical patrimony of the Donatist church / Carles Buenacasa Přez -- Africa asceticism : the Donatist heritage / Maureen A. Tilley -- Ab ipso patientia mea : Augustine's critique of Donatist martyrdom and his doctrine of grace / Bart van Egmond -- In league with the devil? : Donatist and Catholic perspectives on pre-baptismal exsufflation / Jane E. Merdinger -- Optatus and Parmenian on the authority of Cyprian / Geoffrey D. Dunn -- An example of Pelagian exegesis in the Donatist Vienna homilies (Ö.N.B. lat. 417) / Alden Bass -- When did Donatist Christianity end? / Stanisaw Adamiak -- The Catholic construction of Donatist key figures : a critical reading of Augustine and Optatus / Matteo Dalvit -- Hippo's got talent : Augustine's Psalmus contra partem Donati as a pop(ular) song / Geert Van Reyn -- Augustine, missionary to heretics? : an appraisal of Augustine's missional engagement with the Donatists / Edward Smither -- Timor est servus caritatis (s. 156,13-14) : Augustine's vision on coercion in the process of returning heretics to the Catholic Church and his underlying principles / Paul van Geest -- Peccatum and gratia in Augustine's anti-Donatist Sermones ad Populum : attested presence and specific treatment of two key concepts of Augustine's anti-Pelagian doctrine / Anthony Dupont -- Mysterium and sacramentum in the Vetus Afra : what differing interpretations by African patristic authors reveal about paganism and Donatism / Ilaria Ramelli.