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From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity

From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity

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Religion General

ISBN10: 9004131418
ISBN13: 9789004131415
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jun 30 2008
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
Destruction of temples and their transformation into churches are central symbols of late antique change in religious environment, socio-political system, and public perception. Contemporaries were aware of these events' far-reaching symbolic significance and of their immediate impact as demonstrations of political power and religious conviction. Joined in any temple-destruction are the meaning of the monument, actions taken, and subsequent literary discourse. Paradigms of perception, specific interests, and forms of expression of quite various protagonists clashed. Archaeologists, historians, and historians of religion illuminate temple-destruction from different perspectives, analysing local configurations within larger contexts, both regional and imperial, in order to find an appropriate larger perspective on this phenomenon within the late antique movement from temple to church.

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