Late ancient Christianity / Virginia Burrus, editor. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2005. - xv, 318 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. - A people's history of Christianity ; v. 2 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index.

Asceticism, class, and gender / Elizabeth A. Clark -- Fictional narratives and social critique / Judith Perkins -- Martrydom as exaltation / Robin Darling Young -- Children's play as social ritual / Cornelia B. Horn -- Baptismal rites and architecture / Robin M. Jensen -- Food, ritual, and power / Andrew McGowan -- Saints, identity, and the city / Dennis Trout -- Personal devotions and private chapels / Kimberly Bowes -- Heresy, households, and the disciplining of diversity / Harry O. Maier -- Jewish Christians, Judaizers, and Christian anti-Judaism / Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert -- Beyond magic and superstition / David Frankfurter.

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Christian life--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

BR195.C5L27 2005

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