Eusebius as Political Theologian: The Legend Continues*

It was Franz Overbeck who, in his attack on Harnack, referred to Eusebius's work as “[that] of a hairdresser for the emperor's theological periwig,” and the eminent historian Jacob Burckhardt who declared Eusebius to be “the most objectionable of all eulogists” and “first thoroughly dishon...

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Main Author: Singh, Devin (Author)
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2015, Volume: 108, Issue: 1, Pages: 129-154
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Eusebius of Caesarea 260-339 / Historiography / Konstantin, I., Römisches Reich, Kaiser ca. 280-337 / God / Political theology
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
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