What Makes a Church Sacred: Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity - Couverture souple

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Farag, Mary K.

 
9780520382008: What Makes a Church Sacred: Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity
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ISBN 10 : 0520382005 ISBN 13 : 9780520382008
Editeur : University of California Press, 2021

Synopsis

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What is the purpose of a church? Who owns a church? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three groups in late antiquity were concerned with these questions: Christian leaders, wealthy laypersons, and lawmakers. Conflicting answers usually coexisted, but from time to time they clashed and caused significant tension. In these disputes, juridical regulations and opinions mattered more than has been traditionally recognized. Considering familiar Christian controversies in novel ways, Farag's investigation shows that scholarship has misunderstood well-known religious figures by ignoring the legal issues they faced. This seminal text nuances vital aspects of scholarly conversations on sacred space, gift giving, wealth, and poverty in the late antique Mediterranean world, making use not only of Latin and Greek sources but also Coptic and Arabic evidence.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mary K. Farag is Assistant Professor of Early Christian Studies at the Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520382005
ISBN 13 
9780520382008
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
346
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