Heresy

This dissertation explores the complexities of Epiphanius of Salamis on Cyprus (ca. 315-403 AD) as a thinker and an ecclesiastical authority in the late Roman world through a critical examination of the Panarion , an encyclopedic manual that compiled information on the beliefs, …

The thesis of this dissertation is that the identity of catholic Christianity in the early second century was marked by a unified confession of the unique incarnational christological narrative, that is, the account of the Son/Logos who came from heaven, became incarnate, suffer…

One of the most prominent of the groups that modern scholars have called "Jewish Christian" is the Ebionites. This designation of the Ebionites, however, is not explicitly supported by the primary sources, none of which used the title. Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen, Eusebius, and…

This dissertation deals with the history of the Alevi communities historically known as the Kizilbash in Ottoman Anatolia. Scholars have typically treated Alevism as an undifferentiated strain within the hazy category of "heterodox folk Islam" and mostly in terms of the role the…

John Damascene's work concerning "The Heresy of the Ishmaelites" confronts Islam--a heresy according to John--with respect to fundamental disagreements between Christians and Muslims concerning the deity of Christ, the doctrine of the Trinity and the authenticity of Muhammad's p…