Autore |
Whelan, Robin, 1988- autore |
Titolo |
Being Christian in Vandal Africa : the politics of orthodoxy in the post-imperial West / Robin Whelan. Libro |
Pubblicazione |
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] |
©2018 |
Descrizione fisica |
xiv, 301 pagine, 1 carta di tavola non numerata ; 24 cm |
Serie |
The transformation of the classical heritage ; 59 |
Nota bibliografica |
Bibliografia: pagine 251-292 |
Contenuto |
African churches -- In dialogue with heresy : Christian polemical literature -- 'What they are to us, we are to them' : Homoian orthodoxy and Homoousian heresy -- Ecclesiastical histories : reinventing the Arians -- Exiles on main street: Nicene bishops and the Vandal court -- Christianity, ethnicity and society -- Elite Christianity, political service and social prestige -- Epilogue: Homoian Christianity in the Post-Imperial West |
Riassunto |
"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." Sito dell'editore |
Soggetto |
Cristianesimo -- Africa del Nord -- Storia -- Sec. V-VI |
Vandali -- Africa |
Arianesimo |
Africa -- Storia ecclesiastica -- Sec. V-VI |
Serie |
The transformation of the classical heritage 59 |
Nuova Numerazione |
446007 |
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