The New Self and Reading Practices in Late Antique Christianity
The article deals with the complex relationship between the religious revolution of late antiquity and cultural changes in the Roman world. It focuses on new attitudes to books, and analyses them in parallel with new conceptions of the self emerging in early Christianity. In particular, it seeks to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Church history and religious culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 95, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church
/ Roman Empire
/ Monasticism
/ Book
/ Identity
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| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
| Further subjects: | B
Self
books
reading
early Christianity
late antiquity
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| Summary: | The article deals with the complex relationship between the religious revolution of late antiquity and cultural changes in the Roman world. It focuses on new attitudes to books, and analyses them in parallel with new conceptions of the self emerging in early Christianity. In particular, it seeks to understand the paradox of the early monks having been at once fierce opponents and carriers of Greco-Roman paideia. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | In: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09501002 |