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Being Christian in Vandal Africa : the politics of orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West / Robin Whelan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oakland, California : University of California Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520968684
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BR1369 .B456 2018
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Contents:
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.
Subject: "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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

"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.

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