Christians and Their Many Identities in Late Antiquity, North Africa, 200-450 CE

by Eric Rebillard

Book Overview

For too long, the study of religious life in Late Antiquity has relied on the premise that Jews, pagans, and Christians were largely discrete groups divided by clear markers of belief, ritual, and social practice. More recently, however, a growing body of scholarship is revealing the degree to which identities in the late Roman world were fluid, blurred by ethnic, social, and gender differences. Christianness, for example, was only one of a plurality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501713574
• ISBN13: 9781501713576
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher