Late ancient Christianity /
Burrus, Virginia.
Minneapolis : Fortress Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index.
Asceticism, class, and gender / Elizabeth A. Clark -- Fictional narratives and social critique / Judith Perkins -- Martyrdom as exaltation / Robin Darling Young -- Children's play as social ritual / Cornelia B. Horn -- Baptismal rites and architecture / Robin M. Jensen -- Food, ritual, and power / Andrew McGowan -- Saints, identity, and the city / Dennis Trout -- Personal devotions and private chapels / Kimberly Bowes -- Heresy, households, and the disciplining of diversity / Harry O. Maier -- Jewish Christians, Judaizers, and Christian anti-Judaism / Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert -- Beyond magic and superstition / David Frankfurter.
Christian life
Church history