Format:
Online-Ressource (264 p)
ISBN:
9780812237382
Content:
Raymond Van Dam investigates the transformation of Cappadocia, a Roman province in central Asia Minor, into a Christian society. Through vivid accounts of Cappadocians as preachers, theologians, and historians, Becoming Christianhighlights the disruptive social and cultural consequences of the formation of new orthodoxies in theology, history, language, and personal identity in the ancient world.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Orthodoxy and Heresy -- Chapter 1: "The Evil in Our Bosom": Eunomius as a Cappadocian Father -- Chapter 2: "Even Though Roman Laws Judge Differently": Christianity and Local Traditions -- Chapter 3: Remembering the Future: Christian Narratives of Conversion -- Chapter 4: "Everything in Ruins": Ancient Legends and Foundation Myths -- Chapter 5: The Founder of the Cappadocians -- Preachers and Audiences -- Chapter 6: Listening to the Audience: The Six Days of Creation -- Chapter 7: Small Details: The Cult of the Forty Martyrs -- The Life to Come -- Chapter 8: "I Saw a Parrot": Philostorgius at Constantinople -- Chapter 9: A Blank Sheet of Paper: The Apocryphal Basil -- Chapter 10: "Trail of Sorrows": The Autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus -- Epilogue: A Different Late Antiquity -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Editions and Translations -- The Cappadocian Fathers -- Ancient Authors and Texts -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Orthodoxy and Heresy ""; ""Chapter 1: ""The Evil in Our Bosom"": Eunomius as a Cappadocian Father ""
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""Chapter 2: ""Even Though Roman Laws Judge Differently"": Christianity and Local Traditions """"Chapter 3: Remembering the Future: Christian Narratives of Conversion ""; ""Chapter 4: ""Everything in Ruins"": Ancient Legends and Foundation Myths ""; ""Chapter 5: The Founder of the Cappadocians ""
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""Preachers and Audiences """"Chapter 6: Listening to the Audience: The Six Days of Creation ""; ""Chapter 7: Small Details: The Cult of the Forty Martyrs ""; ""The Life to Come ""; ""Chapter 8: ""I Saw a Parrot"": Philostorgius at Constantinople ""
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""Chapter 9: A Blank Sheet of Paper: The Apocryphal Basil """"Chapter 10: ""Trail of Sorrows"": The Autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus ""; ""Epilogue: A Different Late Antiquity ""; ""Abbreviations ""; ""Notes ""; ""Editions and Translations ""; ""The Cappadocian Fathers ""
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""Ancient Authors and Texts """"Bibliography ""; ""Index ""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812207378
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812237382
Additional Edition:
Print version Becoming Christian : The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia
Language:
English
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