Abstract: Contents: Introduction: power and religion on the frontier of late Antiquity, Noel Lenski Part I Religion and the Power of the Word: Disarming Aeneas: Fulgentius on Arms and the Man, Emily Albu 'Apocalypse? No' - the power of millennialism and its transformation in late Antique Christianity, Josef LA ssl Clementissimus imperator: power, religion and philosophy in Ambrose's De obitu Theodosii and Seneca's De clementia, Giacomo Raspanti Haec quibus uteris verba: the Bible and Boethius' Christianity, Danuta Shanzer. Part II Power over the Divine: Porphyry, Iamblichus and the Struggle for the Philosophical Tradition: The power of religious rituals: a philosophical quarrel on the eve of the great persecution, Elizabeth DePalma Digeser Subjugating the divine: Iamblichus on the theurgic evocation, Sergio Knipe Arbiter of the oracular: reading religion in Porphyry of Tyre, Aaron P. Johnson. Part III Emperors and the Deployment of Religious Power: Church, state and children: Christian and imperial attitudes toward infant exposure in late Antiquity, Judith Evans Grubbs Imperial politics at the court of Theodosius II, Hugh Elton 'The trembling of Cain': religious power and institutional culture in Justinianic oath-making, Charles Pazdernik Power from humility: Justinian and the religious authority of monks, Hartmut Leppin. Part IV Ecclesiastical Hierarchies and the Limits of Religious Power: Currencies of power: the veniality of offices in the later Roman empire, Sabine R. Huebner Religion and power in the early thought of John Chrysostom, Justin Stephens 'The truth shall make you free': Augustine on the power of religion, Gillian Clark 'Our own most severe judges': the power of penance in the Eusebius Gallicanus sermons, Lisa Bailey. Part V Constantine and the Power of the Cross: Solar power in late Antiquity, H.A. Drake 'How to read a halo: 3 (or more) versions of Constantine's vision, Jacqueline Long The power of the Cross: celestial cross appearances in the
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-09-17
Language: en
Type: book
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