Religious Dissent in Late Antiquity, 350-450
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-006725-0 (ISBN)
Religious Dissent in Late Antiquity reconsiders the religious history of the late Roman Empire, focusing on the shifting position of dissenting religious groups - conventionally called 'pagans' and 'heretics'. The period from the mid-fourth century until the mid-fifth century CE witnessed a significant transformation of late Roman society and a gradual shift from the world of polytheistic religions into the Christian Empire.
This book challenges the many straightforward melodramatic narratives of the Christianisation of the Roman Empire, still prevalent both in academic research and in popular non-fiction works. Religious Dissent in Late Antiquity demonstrates that the narrative is much more nuanced than the simple Christian triumph over the classical world. It looks at everyday life, economic aspects, day-to-day practices, and conflicts of interest in the relations of religious groups.
Religious Dissent in Late Antiquity addresses two aspects: rhetoric and realities, and consequently, delves into the interplay between the manifest ideologies and daily life found in late antique sources. It is a detailed analysis of selected themes and a close reading of selected texts, tracing key elements and developments in the treatment of dissident religious groups. The book focuses on specific themes, such as the limits of imperial legislation and ecclesiastical control, the end of sacrifices, and the label of magic. Religious Dissent in Late Antiquity examines the ways in which dissident religious groups were construed as religious outsiders, but also explores local rituals and beliefs in late Roman society as creative applications and expressions of the infinite range of human inventiveness.
Maijastina Kahlos is University researcher and Docent of Latin language and Roman literature at University of Helsinki and author of Forbearance and Compulsion: Rhetoric of Tolerance and Intolerance in Late Antiquity and Debate and Dialogue: Christian and Pagan Cultures, c. 360-430.
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Rhetoric and realities
SECTION ONE: Imperial and ecclesiastical authority
Chapter 1 The emperor and the dissenters
Chapter 2 The realities of legislation
Chapter 3 The bishops and the dissenters
Chapter 4 The local limits of imperial and ecclesiastical power
Chapter 5 Authority and aggression
SECTION TWO: People in rhetoric and realities
Chapter 6 Individuals, groups, and plural possibilities in Late Antiquity
Chapter 7 Otherness outside: Making pagans
Chapter 8 Deviance or otherness inside: Construing heretics
Chapter 9 Reactions
SECTION THREE: Time, place, practices
Chapter 10 The transformation of practices
Chapter 11 Economics of practices
Chapter 12 Sacred places and spaces
Chapter 13 Sacred times and spaces
Chapter 14 Rhetoric and realities of magic
Conclusion: The darkening age or the victory of John Doe?
Bibliography
Index locorum
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.12.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 239 x 163 mm |
| Gewicht | 590 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-006725-X / 019006725X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-006725-0 / 9780190067250 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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