Uncanny Min/ajorities: On Tertullian's Bluffing with Christian Numbers

According to highly conjectural estimates, at the beginning of the 4th century Christ religion is a cult practiced by the 10% of the empire's total popu- lation. It is no doubt a minority religion. Furthermore, for most believers, Christian religious identity results in a situational membership...

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Main Author: Urciuoli, Emiliano Rubens 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Italian
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Published: Morcelliana 2017
In: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2017, Volume: 83, Issue: 2, Pages: 366-381
Further subjects:B identità intermittente
B Religion & Politics
B minority / Majority
B invisibilità
B minoranza / Maggioranza
B uncanny
B Mimicry
B perturbante
B Imitazione
B intermittent identity
B Invisibility
B Tertullian, ca. 160-ca. 230
B Apologizing
B Religious Life

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