Ancient African Christianity
Christianity spread across North Africa early, and it remained there as a powerful force much longer than anticipated. While this African form of Christianity largely shared the Latin language and Roman culture of the wider empire, it also represented a unique tradition that was shaped by its context. Ancient African Christianity attempts to tell the story of Christianity in Africa from its inception to its eventual disappearance. Well-known writers such as Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine ar…
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Christianity spread across North Africa early, and it remained there as a powerful force much longer than anticipated. While this African form of Christianity largely shared the Latin language and Roman culture of the wider empire, it also represented a unique tradition that was shaped by its context. Ancient African Christianity attempts to tell the story of Christianity in Africa from its inception to its eventual disappearance. Well-known writers such as Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine are studied in light of their African identity, and this tradition is explored in all its various expressions.
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- Publication Date:2017.
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- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
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- Description:1 online resource (420 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1135121427, 9781135121426, 9781135121419, 1135121419
- oclc:ocn992482554
- LC Classification:BR190
- Dewey Decimal:276
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Backgrounds to early African Christianity -- The earliest evidence of African Christianity -- Tertullian -- Cyprian and the later third century -- The early fourth century in Africa -- The Donatist controversy -- Augustine the African -- The Vandal era of African Christianity -- The late Byzantine era in Africa -- The Arab conquests in Africa -- What was African about ancient African Christianity?
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