Private Worship, Public Values, and Religious Change in Late Antiquity

by Kim Bowes

Book Overview

Conventional histories of late antique Christianity tell the story of a public institution - the Christian Church. In this book, Kim Bowes relates another history, that of the Christian private. Using textual and archaeological evidence, she examines the Christian rituals of home and rural estate, which took place outside the supervision of bishops and their agents. These domestic rituals and the spaces in which they were performed were rooted in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110740049X
• ISBN13: 9781107400498
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"