Early Christianity & Patristics
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Divine Powers in Late Antiquity [Hardback]
Anna Marmadoro (Editor); Irini-Fotini Viltanioti (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780198767206
Published by : Oxford University Press
Is power the essence of divinity, or are divine powers distinct from divine essence? Are they divine hypostases or are they divine attributes? Are powers such as omnipotence, omniscience, etc. modes of divine activity? How do they manifest? In whi... .... Learn More -
Culture and Society in Later Roman Antioch [Paperback]
Isabella Sandwell (Editor); Janet and Sandwell Huskinson (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842171028
Published by : Oxbow Books
This collection of papers brings together a broad range of new research and new material on Antioch in the late Roman period (the 2nd to the 7th centuries AD), from the writings of the orator Libanius and the preacher John Chrysostom to the extens... .... Learn More -
Augustine: Confessions Volume II: Books 9-13 [Hardback]
Carolyn J R Hammond (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780674996939
Published by : Harvard University Press
Aurelius Augustine (AD 354 430), one of the most important figures in western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica. While studying to become a rhetorician, he plunged into a tur... .... Learn More -
Eastern Orthodox Christianity: The Essential Texts [Paperback]
Bryn Geffert (Author); Theofanis George Stavrou (Author)
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ISBN: 9780300196788
Published by : Yale University Press
Two leading academic scholars offer the first comprehensive source reader on the Eastern Orthodox church for the English-speaking world. Designed specifically for students and accessible to readers with little or no previous knowledge of theology ... .... Learn More -
Scenting Salvation: Ancient Christianity and the Olfactory Imagination [Paperback]
Susan Ashbrook Harvey (Author)
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ISBN: 9780520287563
Published by : University of California Press
This book explores the role of bodily, sensory experience in early Christianity (first seventh centuries AD) by focusing on the importance of smell in ancient Mediterranean culture. Following its legalization in the fourth century Roman Empire, Ch... .... Learn More -
Augustine: Conversions to Confessions [Hardback]
Robin Lane Fox (Author)
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ISBN: 9780465022274
Published by : Basic Books
Augustine is the person from the ancient world about whom we know most. He is the author of an intimate masterpiece, the Confessions, which continues to delight and challenge its many admirers. In it he writes about his infancy and his schooling i... .... Learn More -
Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium [Hardback]
Andrew Walker White (Author)
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ISBN: 9781107073852
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary study, Andrew Walker White explores the origins of Byzantine ritual - the rites of the early Greek Orthodox Church - and its unique relationship with traditional theatre. Tracing the secularization of paga... .... Learn More -
Augustine [Hardback]
Robin Lane Fox (Author)
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ISBN: 9781846144004
Published by : Penguin Books Ltd
Augustine is the person from the ancient world about whom we know most. He is the author of an intimate masterpiece, the Confessions, which continues to delight and challenge its many admirers. In it he writes about his infancy and his schooling i... .... Learn More -
From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity [Paperback]
Johannes Hahn (Editor); Ulrich Gotter (Editor); Stephen Emmel (Editor)
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ISBN: 9789004283220
Published by : BRILL
Destruction of temples and their transformation into churches are central symbols of late antique change in religious environment, socio-political system, and public perception. Contemporaries were aware of these events’ far-reaching symbolic sign... .... Learn More -
Preaching Bondage: John Chrysostom and the Discourse of Slavery in Early Christianity [Hardback]
Chris L. De Wet (Author)
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ISBN: 9780520286214
Published by : University of California Press
Preaching Bondage introduces and investigates the novel concept of doulology, the discourse of slavery, in the homilies of John Chrysostom, the late fourth-century priest and bishop. Chris L de Wet examines the dynamics of enslavement in Chrysosto... .... Learn More
