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Augustine States
Author_Maijastina Kahlos
binary oppositions in religious history
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Christian Polemicists
civic
Cornelius Labeo
CRACCO RUGGINI
cultural conflict
De Civitate Dei
Dead Man
Demarcation
Demarcation Line
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Euhemeristic Theory
Firmicus Maternus
identity formation
late
Late Antiquity
Maximinus Daia
NAM
Pagan Gods
Pagan Intellectual
pagan-Christian relations
poema
Poema Ultimum
polemic
Polytheistic Cults
Polytheistic Religions
religion
religious polemics
religious tolerance
roman
Roman Civic Religion
Supreme God
TAVR
Terrena Civitas
ultimum
Vera Religio
Vice Versa
writers
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138376076
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Dec 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book explores the construction of Christian identity in fourth and fifth centuries through inventing, fabricating and sharpening binary oppositions. Such oppositions, for example Christians - pagans; truth - falsehood; the one true god - the multitude of demons; the right religion - superstition, served to create and reinforce the Christian self-identity. The author examines how the Christian argumentation against pagans was intertwined with self-perception and self-affirmation. Discussing the relations and interaction between pagan and Christian cultures, this book aims at widening historical understanding of the cultural conflicts and the otherness in world history, thus contributing to the ongoing discussion about the historical and conceptual basis of cultural tolerance and intolerance. This book offers a valuable contribution to contemporary scholarly debate about Late Antique religious history and the relationship between Christianity and other religions.
Dr Maijastina Kahlos is Academy Research Fellow in the Department of Classical Philology, University Of Helsinki, Finland.
