Late ancient Christianity /Virginia Burrus, editor.

Name/Title

Late ancient Christianity /Virginia Burrus, editor.

Description

Introduction : shifting the focus of history /Virginia Burrus and Rebecca Lyman --Asceticism, class, and gender /Elizabeth A. Clark --Fictional narratives and social critique /Judith Perkins --Martyrdom as exaltation /Robin Darling Young --Children's play as social ritual /Cornelia B. Horn --Baptismal rites and architecture /Robin M. Jensen --Food, ritual, and power /Andrew McGowan --Saints, identity, and the city /Dennis Trout --Personal devotions and private chapels /Kimberly Bowes --Heresy, households, and the disciplining of diversity /Harry O. Maier --Jewish Christians, Judaizers, and Christian anti-Judaism /Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert --Beyond magic and superstition /David Frankfurter. xv, 318 p. :ill. (some col.), maps ;25 cm.

Book Details

Place Published

City

Minneapolis

Date Published

circa 2005

Publication Subjects

Christian life--History--Early church, ca. 30-600. Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Vie chr{acute}etienne--Histoire--ca 30-600 ({acute}Eglise primitive) {acute}Eglise--Histoire--ca 30-600 ({acute}Eglise primitive)

Call No.

BR195 .C5 L27 2005

ISBN

0800634128 (alk. paper), 9780800634124 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005022290

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index.