Spaces in late antiquity : cultural, theological and archaeological perspectives /
Places and spaces are key factors in how individuals and groups construct their identities. Identity theories have emphasised that the construction of an identity follows abstract and universal processes but is also deeply rooted in specific historical, cultural, social and material environments. Th...
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London ; New York :
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Juliette Day, Raimo Hakola, Maijastina Kahlos and Ulla Tervahauta
- I. Cultural perspectives
- Meddling in the middle? : urban celebrations, ecclesiastical leaders and the Roman emperor in late antiquity / Maijastina Kahlos
- Classical culture, domestic space and imperial vision in the Cycle of Agathias / Steven D. Smith
- Monastic space : the ascetic between sacred and civil spheres in Theodoret of Cyrrhus / Andreas Westergren
- II. Theological perspectives
- Seeing Christ at the holy places / Juliette Day
- Sacred space, virginal consecration and symbolic power : a liturgical innovation and its implications in late ancient Christianity / David G. Hunter
- The city of God and the place of demons : city life and demonology in early Christianity / Joona Salminen
- Preaching, feasting and making space for a meaning / Anna-Liisa Tolonen
- III. Archaeological perspectives
- Galilean Jews and Christians in context : spaces shared and contested in the Eastern Galilee in late antiquity / Raimo Hakola
- Performing the sacred in a community building : observations from the 2010-2015 Kinneret Regional Project excavations in the Byzantine Synagogue of Horvat Kur (Galilee) / Jürgen Zangenberg
- Thrown into limekilns : the reuse of statuary and architecture in Galilee from late antiquity onwards / Rick Bonnie.