Christianity, empire, and the making of religion in late antiquity

Introduction: identity politics in the later Roman Empire -- Philosophers, apologists, and empire -- Porphyry on Greeks, Christians, and others -- Vera religio and falsae religiones: Lactantius's divine institutes -- What difference does an emperor make? apologetics and imperial ideology in Con...

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Auteur principal: Schott, Jeremy M. 1977- (Auteur)
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c 2008
Titres liés à la collection:Divinations : rereading late ancient religion
Sujets:Church history Römisches Reich Christentum Geschichte 30-600 Kirchenväter Spätantike
Description matérielle:254 S.
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: identity politics in the later Roman Empire
  • Philosophers, apologists, and empire
  • Porphyry on Greeks, Christians, and others
  • Vera religio and falsae religiones: Lactantius's divine institutes
  • What difference does an emperor make? apologetics and imperial ideology in Constantine's Oration to the saints and imperial letters
  • From Hebrew wisdom to Christian hegemony: Eusebius of Caesarea's apologetics and panegyrics
  • Epilogue: empire's palimpsest
  • Appendix: Porphyry's polemics and the great persecution.
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and index