Salvage: Macrina and the Christian Project of Cultural Reclamation

While many have seen the equation between Macrina and Socrates drawn in the Treatise on the Soul and the Resurrection as Gregory of Nyssa's attempt to honor his sister, a closer look at Gregory's attitude about the relative power of Christianity at the end of the fourth century suggests th...

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Main Author: Muehlberger, Ellen (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2012
In: Church history
Year: 2012, Volume: 81, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-297
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