Being Christian in Vandal Africa: the politics of orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West
"Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal kingdom--the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, ca. 439 to 533 CE. Exploiting neglected texts, author Robin Whelan exposes a sophisticated culture of disputation between Nicene ("Catholic&...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of Californiarnia Press
[2018]
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Vandal Kingdom
/ Christianity
/ Controversy
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| Further subjects: | B
Christianity and politics (Africa, North)
B Vandals (Africa, North) History B Africa, North Church history B Christianity (Africa, North) B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
| Summary: | "Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal kingdom--the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, ca. 439 to 533 CE. Exploiting neglected texts, author Robin Whelan exposes a sophisticated culture of disputation between Nicene ("Catholic") and Homoian ("Arian") Christians and explores their rival claims to political and religious legitimacy. These contests--sometimes violent--are key to understanding the wider and much-debated issues of identity and state formation in the post-imperial West."--Provided by publisher African churches -- In dialogue with heresy : Christian polemical literature -- 'What they are to US, we are to them' : Homoian orthodoxy and Homoousian heresy -- Ecclesiastical histories : reinventing the Arians -- Exiles on main street: Nicene bishops and the Vandal court -- Christianity, ethnicity and society -- Elite Christianity, political service and social prestige -- Epilogue: Homoian Christianity in the Post-Imperial West |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520295951 |