Tertullian the African: An Anthropological Reading of Tertullian's Context and Identities
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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Series/Journal: | Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
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| Further subjects: | B
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
B The Early Church |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| 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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| ISBN: | 3110926261 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 20.500.12854/74654 |