| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Transformation of the classical heritage ; LVIX
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Transformation of the classical heritage ; 59.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Africa, North.
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Christianity. |
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North Africa. |
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Christianity and politics -- Africa, North.
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Christianity and politics. |
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Africa, North -- Church history.
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Church history. |
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Vandals -- Africa, North -- History.
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Vandals. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
30-600 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Whelan, Robin, 1988- Being Christian in Vandal Africa. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520295957 (DLC) 2017033950 |
| ISBN |
9780520968684 (electronic book) |
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0520968689 (electronic book) |
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9780520295957 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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