Conversion Anxieties: Policing Christian Behaviour in Late Antique Antioch and Hippo

This paper explores the authority exercised by Christian preachers over their congregations during the 4th century. The argument will examine not the sources of the pastor's power, but various aspects of his intrinsic weaknesses. I shall suggest, above all, that we need to appreciate the extent...

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Published in:Archives de sciences sociales des religions
Main Author: McLynn, Neil B. 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ed. de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales [2018]
In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 182, Pages: 99-116
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Classical antiquity / Evangelization / Conversion (Religion) / Church work / Sermon / Resonance
RelBib Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
RH Evangelization; Christian media
Further subjects:B Christians
B autorité cléricale
B Preaching
B clerical authority
B Prédication
B Conversion
B Chrétiens
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