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Being Christian in Vandal Africa: The Politics of Orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West Volume 59

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Being Christian in Vandal Africa: The Politics of Orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West Volume 59 - Whelan, Robin
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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 ...

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Being Christian in Vandal Africa: The Politics of Orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West Volume 59 2024, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520401433

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Being Christian in Vandal Africa: The Politics of Orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West 2017, University of California Press, Berkerley

ISBN-13: 9780520295957

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