Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity

The topic of religious identity in late antiquity is highly contentious. How did individuals and groups come to ascribe identities based on what would now be known as 'religion', categorizing themselves and others with regard to Judaism, Manichaeism, traditional Greek and Roman practices, and numerous competing conceptions of Christianity? How and why did examples of self-identification become established, activated, or transformed in response to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198813198
• ISBN13: 9780198813194
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"