Becoming Christian : : The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia / / Raymond Van Dam.
In a richly textured investigation of the transformation of Cappadocia during the fourth century, Becoming Christian: The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia examines the local impact of Christianity on traditional Greek and Roman society. The Cappadocians Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Orthodoxy and Heresy
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. "The Evil in Our Bosom": Eunomius as a Cappadocian Father
- Conversion
- Introduction
- Chapter 2. "Even Though Roman Laws Judge Differently": Christianity and Local Traditions
- Chapter 3. Remembering the Future: Christian Narratives of Conversion
- Chapter 4. "Everything in Ruins": Ancient Legends and Foundation Myths
- Chapter 5. The Founder of the Cappadocians
- Preachers and Audiences
- Introduction
- Chapter 6. Listening to the Audience: The Six Days of Creation
- Chapter 7. Small Details: The Cult of the Forty Martyrs
- The Life to Come
- Introduction
- Chapter 8. "I Saw a Parrot": Philostorgius at Constantinople
- Chapter 9. A Blank Sheet of Paper: The Apocryphal Basil
- Chapter 10. "Trail of Sorrows": The Autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus
- Epilogue: A Different Late Antiquity
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Editions and Translations
- Bibliography
- Index