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Christians shaping identity from the Roman Empire to Byzantium : studies inspired by Pauline Allen / edited by Geoffrey Dunn, Wendy Mayer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 132.
- Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Identification (Religion)--History--To 1500.
- Identification (Religion).
- Christianity and culture--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Christianity and culture.
- History.
- Christianity and culture--Byzantine Empire.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Byzantine Empire.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 520 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
- Language Note:
- Twenty-two contributions in English and 1 in German.
- Summary:
- The essays collected in Christians Shaping Identity celebrate Pauline Allen's significant contribution to early Christian, late antique, and Byzantine studies, especially concerning bishops, heresy/orthodoxy and Christology. Covering the period from earliest Christianity to middle Byzantium, the first eighteen essays explore the varied ways in which Christians constructed their own identity and that of the society around them. A final four essays explore the same theme within Roman Catholicism and oriental Christianity in the late 19th to 21st centuries, with Particular attention to the subtle relationships between the shaping of the early Christian past and the moulding of Christian identity today. Among the many leading scholars represented are Averil Cameron and Elizabeth A. Clark. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The Roman Empire before Constantine
- The late antique East
- The late antique West
- Byzantium
- Reading the past, shaping the present.
- Notes:
- "Publications by Pauline Allen"--Pages 13-21.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9789004298972
- 9004298975
- OCLC:
- 909883615
- Publisher Number:
- 9789004298972
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