the politics of orthodoxy in the post-imperial West /
Robin Whelan.
Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2018]
1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages)
Transformation of the classical heritage ;
LVIX
Includes bibliographical references 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.
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"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.
JSTOR
22573/ctt1x5t48d
Being Christian in Vandal Africa.
9780520295957
Christianity-- Africa, North.
Christianity and politics-- Africa, North.
Church history-- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.