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Tertullian the African

This work is largely a social history of Tertullian, a Christian from Carthage (c.160� CE), and his ancient African context, which is viewed through a postcolonial lens.Theories from the discipline of social/cultural anthropology, e.g. kinship, class and ethnicity, are applied to selections of Tertu...

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Autor Principal: Wilhite, David E.
Formato: Online
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: De Gruyter 2021
Subjects:
Tertullian
Montanism
Roman Africa
African Christianity
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion
Acceso en liña:ONIX_20211207_9783110926262_52
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Summary:This work is largely a social history of Tertullian, a Christian from Carthage (c.160� CE), and his ancient African context, which is viewed through a postcolonial lens.Theories from the discipline of social/cultural anthropology, e.g. kinship, class and ethnicity, are applied to selections of Tertullian`s writings.Some of the issues addressed include identity politics, Roman/African relations, martyrdom and the so-called Montanist heresy.

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