Augustine may have understood the shift away from paganism and toward christianity particularly well because

he was very insightful
he read widely
he met with the pope on important matters
his mother was a christian and his father was a pagan

The correct answer is "His mother was a Christian and his father was a pagan".

Explanation:

Saint Augustine of Hippo is one prominent figure of the Western Church and Western philosophy. St. Augustine may have understood the shift away from paganism and toward Christianity particularly well because his mother was a Christian and his father was a pagan. Augustine's mother Monica, was raised as Christian and his fervent faith inspired Augustine since his childhood. On the other hand, Augustine's father was a minor official of the Roman empire, was a pagan, an adherent of the Roman civic religion. Augustine's father converted to Christianity before his death.

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).