Being Christian in Vandal Africa: The Politics of Orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West (Volume 59) (Transformation of the Classical Heritage)

Synopsis

Being Christian In Vandal Africa Investigates Conflicts Over Christian Orthodoxy In The Vandal Kingdom--the Successor To Roman Rule In North Africa, Ca. 439 To 533 Ce. Exploiting Neglected Texts, Author Robin Whelan Exposes A Sophisticated Culture Of Disputation Between Nicene (catholic) And Homoian (arian) Christians And Explores Their Rival Claims To Political And Religious Legitimacy. These Contests--sometimes Violent--are Key To Understanding The Wider And Much-debated Issues Of Identity And State Formation In The Post-imperial West.--provided By Publisher. African Churches -- In Dialogue With Heresy : Christian Polemical Literature -- 'what They Are To Us, We Are To Them' : Homoian Orthodoxy And Homoousian Heresy -- Ecclesiastical Histories : Reinventing The Arians -- Exiles On Main Street: Nicene Bishops And The Vandal Court -- Christianity, Ethnicity And Society -- Elite Christianity, Political Service And Social Prestige -- Epilogue: Homoian Christianity In The Post-imperial West. Robin Whelan. Series Number Incorrect In Book (page [iv]): Should Be Lix, Not Lvix. The Fletcher Jones Foundation Humanities Imprint--preliminary Leaf, Recto. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 251-292) And Index.