Maijastina Kahlos: 2 books
Forbearance and Compulsion
The Rhetoric of Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Late Antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Most surveys of religious tolerance and intolerance start from the medieval and early modern period, either passing over or making brief mention of discussions of religious moderation and coercion in Greco-Roman antiquity. Here Maijastina Kahlos widens the historical perspective to encompass late...
Debate and Dialogue
Christian and Pagan Cultures c. 360-430
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
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,...