Non-Minimally Coupled Inflation with Initial Conditions from a
  Pre-Inflation Anamorphic Contracting Era
  Inflation due to a non-minimally coupled scalar field with a large
non-minimal coupling, as first proposed by Salopek, Bardeen and Bond (SBB), is
in good agreement with the observed value of the spectral index and constraints
on the tensor-to-scalar ratio. Here we explore the possibility that SBB
inflation represents the late stage of a Universe which emerges from an early
contracting era. We present a model in which the Universe smoothly transitions
from an anamorphic contracting era to late-time SBB inflation without
encountering a singular bounce. This corresponds to a continuous expansion in
the Einstein frame throughout. We show that the anamorphic contracting era is
able to provide the smooth superhorizon initial conditions necessary for
subsequent SBB inflation to occur. The model predicts corrections to the
non-minimal coupling, kinetic term and potential of SBB inflation which can
observably increase the observed spectral index relative to its SBB prediction.
