Being Christian in Vandal Africa
Subtitle: The Politics of Orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Dec 22, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780520295957
Description: "Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal kingdom--the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, ca. 439 to 533 CE. Exploiting neglected texts, author Robin Whelan exposes a sophisticated culture of disputation between Nicene ("Catholic") and Homoian ("Arian") Christians and explores their rival claims to political and religious legitimacy. These contests--sometimes violent--are key to understanding the wider and much-debated issues of identity and state formation in the post-imperial West."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Source title: Being Christian in Vandal Africa: The Politics of Orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West (Transformation of the Classical Heritage)