Being Christian in Vandal Africa

The Politics of Orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West

AvRobin Whelan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Del 59 i serien Transformation of the Classical Heritage

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Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal kingdom-the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, ca. 439 to 533 CE. Exploiting neglected texts, author Robin Whelan exposes a sophisticated culture of disputation between Nicene ("Catholic") and Homoian ("Arian") Christians and explores their rival claims to political and religious legitimacy. These contests-sometimes violent-are key to understanding the wider and much-debated issues of identity and state formation in the post-imperial West.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-12-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:590 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520295957

Utforska kategorier

Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Robin Whelan is Departmental Lecturer in Early Medieval History at the University of Oxford.

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"This is a remarkable first book by a young scholar.... it skillfully analyzes Christian texts from Vandal North Africa that have not received enough attention but which, as Whelan masterly shows, nevertheless constitute a significant contribution to the understanding of the period.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgmentsTime LineIntroductionPART I. CONTESTING ORTHODOXY1. African Churches2. In Dialogue with Heresy: Christian Polemical Literature3. “What Th ey Are to Us, We Are to Them”: Homoian Orthodoxy and Homoousian Heresy4. Ecclesiastical Histories: Reinventing the AriansPART II. ORTHODOXY AND SOCIETY5. Exiles on Main Street: Nicene Bishops and the Vandal Court6. Christianity, Ethnicity, and Society7. Elite Christianity, Political Service, and Social PrestigeEpilogue: Homoian Christianity in the Post-Imperial WestBibliographyIndex