| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) |
| Series |
Transformation of the classical heritage ; LVIX |
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Transformation of the classical heritage ; 59.
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| Contents |
African churches -- In dialogue with heresy : Christian polemical literature -- 'What they are to US, we are to them' : Homoian orthodoxy and Homoousian heresy -- Ecclesiastical histories : reinventing the Arians -- Exiles on main street: Nicene bishops and the Vandal court -- Christianity, ethnicity and society -- Elite Christianity, political service and social prestige -- Epilogue: Homoian Christianity in the Post-Imperial West |
| Summary |
"Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal kingdom--the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, ca. 439 to 533 CE. Exploiting neglected texts, author Robin Whelan exposes a sophisticated culture of disputation between Nicene ("Catholic") and Homoian ("Arian") Christians and explores their rival claims to political and religious legitimacy. These contests--sometimes violent--are key to understanding the wider and much-debated issues of identity and state formation in the post-imperial West."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2018) |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Africa, North
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Christianity and politics -- Africa, North
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Vandals -- Africa, North -- History
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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RELIGION -- History.
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Christianity
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Christianity and politics
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Church history -- Primitive and early church
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Vandals
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, North -- Church history
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| Subject |
North Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017037261 |
| ISBN |
9780520968684 |
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0520968689 |
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