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Between Pagan and Christian.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (224 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674369511
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Between Pagan and ChristianDDC classification:
  • 270.1
LOC classification:
  • BR162
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Note on Authors -- Preface -- 1. The Perception of Paganism -- 2. Constantine -- 3. After Constantine: Indifference and Intolerance -- 4. God and Other Divinities -- 5. Idolatry -- 6. Sacrifice, Blood, and Prayer -- 7. Debate -- 8. Conversion -- 9. The West -- 10. The East -- 11. Conclusion: The Persistence of Paganism -- Appendix: Was Macrobius a Christian? -- Timeline -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Who and what was pagan depended on the outlook of the observer, as Christopher Jones shows in this fresh and penetrating analysis. Treating paganism as a historical construct rather than a fixed entity, Between Pagan and Christian uncovers the fluid ideas, rituals, and beliefs that Christians and pagans shared in Late Antiquity.
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Intro -- Contents -- Note on Authors -- Preface -- 1. The Perception of Paganism -- 2. Constantine -- 3. After Constantine: Indifference and Intolerance -- 4. God and Other Divinities -- 5. Idolatry -- 6. Sacrifice, Blood, and Prayer -- 7. Debate -- 8. Conversion -- 9. The West -- 10. The East -- 11. Conclusion: The Persistence of Paganism -- Appendix: Was Macrobius a Christian? -- Timeline -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.

Who and what was pagan depended on the outlook of the observer, as Christopher Jones shows in this fresh and penetrating analysis. Treating paganism as a historical construct rather than a fixed entity, Between Pagan and Christian uncovers the fluid ideas, rituals, and beliefs that Christians and pagans shared in Late Antiquity.

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