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This dissertation considers the significance of doctrinal disputes in the mid-fifth century by examining social relations among their participants. It focuses on the “Antiochene” coalition of Syrian clerics which surrounded Theodoret of Cyrrhus and formed the Dyophysite side of …

This thesis extends recent scholarly interest in the practical processes of Late Antique Roman law and on the integration of the episcopate into Roman power structures in the fourth century, the first century of imperial patronage of Christian communities. It confirms the "minim…

Gregory the Great has been the focus of many studies that discuss the transition of Italy from late antiquity to a medieval period. He was witness to the dissolution of the infrastructure of empire in the Italian peninsula, shifting and redistribution of populations after the Lo…

Resource churches are a new kind of church in the Church of England that is producing church growth, church planting, church revitalisation, social transformation, a flow of missional leaders, and a generous giving away of resources. This is the first significant study of these …

Many scientists agree that overconsumption, the exploitation of resources, pollution, and overpopulation deplete the life sources of land, sea, and air, and cause the extinction of many species. The Pope and the bishops in their recent letters from both the first and third world…