Tertullian the African : : an anthropological reading of Tertullian's context and identities / / by David E. Wilhite.

Who was Tertullian, and what can we know about him? This work explores his social identities, focusing on his North African milieu. Theories from the discipline of social/cultural anthropology, including kinship, class and ethnicity, are accommodated and applied to selections of Tertullian's wr...

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Superior document:Millennium-Studien, v. 14
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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Millennium-Studien ; Bd. 14.
Physical Description:1 online resource (244 p.)
Notes:Revised thesis (Ph.D.)--University of St. Andrews.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Conceptual Frameworks for Re-Reading Tertullian
  • 2 Social Identity
  • 3 Kinship Theory
  • 4 Class Theory
  • 5 Ethnicity Theory
  • 6 Anthropology of Religion
  • 7 Disciplinary Frameworks for Re-Contextualizing Tertullian
  • Bibliography
  • Index