The care of the dead in late antiquity
By: Éric Rebillard ; translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine Routier-Pucci.
Series: Cornell studies in classical philology -- v. 59; Cornell studies in classical philology -- v. 59.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780801446771
Subjects: Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Rome -- Religious aspects; Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Religious aspects
Work titles: Religion et sépulture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem of the origins : Christian burial in Rome and Carthage; title: Burial and religious identity : religious groups and collective burial; title: Voluntary associations and collective burial : the church, Christians, and the Collegia; title: Violation of tombs and impiety : funerary practices and religious beliefs; title: Christian piety and burial duty : from the duty to bury the dead to the organization of burial for the poor; title: Christian funerals and funerals of Christians : the church and the death ritual in late antiquity; title: The church, Christians, and the dead : commemoration of the dead in late antiquity.