Shedding Light on Early Christian Domestic Cult: Characteristics and New Perspectives in the Context of Archaeological Findings
Focusing primarily on findings from late antique housing structures in Asia Minor this paper approaches the complex phenomenon of early Christian domestic cult from an archaeological perspective. In correlation to pagan house sanctuaries from the east and west of the Greco-Roman world, Christian dom...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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| In: |
Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Year: 2017, Volume: 18/19, Issue: 1, Pages: 201-236 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Classical antiquity
/ Early Christianity (motif)
/ Folk religion
/ Family life
/ Cult
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | Focusing primarily on findings from late antique housing structures in Asia Minor this paper approaches the complex phenomenon of early Christian domestic cult from an archaeological perspective. In correlation to pagan house sanctuaries from the east and west of the Greco-Roman world, Christian domestic cult sites are analyzed according to architectural and decorative features as well as to their spatial distribution in the house. Thereby the synopsis of already well known monuments and recent archaeological findings reveals a great diversity of different characteristics of Christian domestic cult sites which has not been taken into account yet. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1868-8888 |
| Contains: | In: Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/arege-2016-0012 |
