Imperial Collapse and Christianization in Patristic Scholarship during the Final Decades of Colonial Algeria, 1930-1962
The work of H.-I. Marrou is important in historiographic accounts of the development of patristic studies and late antiquity. From the 1930s onwards, Marrou and his peers made use of material evidence from North Africa produced by the rapidly professionalizing discipline of archaeology. Archaeologic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2021
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 261-289 |
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Marrou, Henri Irénée 1904-1977
/ Algeria
/ Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Reception
/ Archaeology
/ Resistance
/ Colonialism
/ France
/ History 1930-1962
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics HH Archaeology KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBG France KBL Near East and North Africa ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | The work of H.-I. Marrou is important in historiographic accounts of the development of patristic studies and late antiquity. From the 1930s onwards, Marrou and his peers made use of material evidence from North Africa produced by the rapidly professionalizing discipline of archaeology. Archaeological engagement with the past was determined by the wider colonial context in which these excavations took place and this shaped the representation of late ancient Christianity, particularly the life and work of Augustine of Hippo. At the same time, however, Augustine's work gave Marrou the means to challenge France's prosecution of the Algerian War. |
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| ISSN: | 1086-3184 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/earl.2021.0009 |