Religious Identity in Late Antiquity

by Frakes, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9780888666536
• ISBN10: 0888666535
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-08
• Publisher: Utp Distribution

Summary

Explore the different aspects of religious identity as it evolved from the third century onwards from multiple contributors and different methodological approaches.

Table of Contents

Preface
Approaching Late Antique Religious Identity
Approaching Late Antique Religious Identity	p. 3
Athens and Jerusalem
Synopsis	p. 11
Prophecy, the Periodization of History, and Early Christian Identity: A Case from the So-Called Montanist Controversy	p. 13
Christian or Hellene? The Great Persecution and the Problem of Identity	p. 36
Magic and Religion in Augustine and Iamblichus	p. 59
Apokatastasis and the Search for Religious Identity in Patristic Salvation History	p. 84
Identity in a Changing Landscape
Synopsis	p. 103
Geography, Identity and the Legend of Saint Christopher	p. 105
The Religious Identity and Purpose of the Compiler of the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum or Lex Dei	p. 126
Identity and the Periphery
Synopsis	p. 148
Crisis, Provincial Historiography, and Identity in Sub-Roman Britain	p. 150
The Sword Scrapes Away Sin: Ascetic Praxis and Communal Boundaries in Late Antique Islam	p. 192
Afterword & Conclusion
Afterword: Socrates' Question	p. 228
Conclusion	p. 242
Bibliography
Approaching Late Antique Religious Identity	p. 244
Prophecy, the Periodization of History, and Early Christian Identity	p. 246
Christian or Hellene? The Great Persecution and the Problem of Identity	p. 251
Magic and Religion in Augustine and Iamblichus	p. 256
Apokatastasis and the Search for Religious Identity in Patristic Salvation History	p. 260
Geography, Identity and the Legend of Saint Christopher	p. 263
The Religious Identity and Purpose of the Compiler of the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum or Lex Dei	p. 267
Crisis, Provincial Historiography, and Identity in Sub-Roman Britain	p. 270
The Sword Scrapes Away Sin: Ascetic Praxis and Communal Boundaries in Late Antique Islam	p. 277
Afterword	p. 287
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