Isabella Sandwell

Religious Identity in Late Antiquity

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Produktbeschreibung

Studies of religious interaction in the fourth century AD have often assumed that the categories of 'pagan', 'Christian' and 'Jew' can be straightforwardly applied, and that we can assess the extent of Christianization in the Graeco-Roman period. In contrast, Dr Sandwell tackles the fundamental question of attitudes to religious identity by exploring how the Christian preacher John Chrysostom and the Graeco-Roman orator Libanius wrote about and understood issues of religious allegiance. By comparing the approaches of these men, who were living and working in Antioch at approximately the same time, she strives to get inside the process of religious interaction in a way not normally possible due to the dominance of Christian sources. In so doing she develops new approaches to the study of Libanius' religion, the impact of John Chrysostom's preaching on his audiences and the importance of religious identity to fourth-century individuals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9780521879156
• ISBN-10: 0521879159
• Artikelnr.: 22781320

Autorenporträt

Isabella Sandwell is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Understanding religious identity in fourth century
Antioch; 2. Imperial society, religion and literary culture in fourth
century Antioch; Part II. Constructed and Strategic Religious Identities
and Allegiances, an Introduction: 3. Chrysostom and the construction of
religious identities; 4. Libanius and the strategic use of religious
allegiance; Part III. Religious Identities and Other Forms of Social
Identification, an Introduction: 5. Religious identity and other social
identities in Chrysostom; 6. Religious allegiance and other social
identities in Libanius; Part IV. Religious Identities and Social
Organization, an Introduction: 7. Chrysostom and social structure among
Christians in Antioch; 8. Libanius, religious allegiance and social
structure; Part V. Assessing the Impact of Constructions of Identity, an
Introduction: 9. Religious identity, religious allegiance and religious
practice; 10. Conclusion.