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dc.contributor.authorFarag, Mary K.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-24T05:31:25Z
dc.date.available2021-08-24T05:31:25Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50504
dc.description.abstractWhat is the purpose of a church? Who owns a church? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three groups in late antiquity were concerned with these questions: Christian leaders, wealthy laypersons, and lawmakers. Conflicting answers usually coexisted, but from time to time they clashed and caused significant tension. In these disputes, juridical regulations and opinions mattered more than has been traditionally recognized. Considering familiar Christian controversies in novel ways, Farag’s investigation shows that scholarship has misunderstood well-known religious figures by ignoring the legal issues they faced. This seminal text nuances vital aspects of scholarly conversations on sacred space, gift giving, wealth, and poverty in the late antique Mediterranean world, making use not only of Latin and Greek sources but also Coptic and Arabic evidence.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groupsen_US
dc.subject.otherHistory
dc.subject.otherAncient
dc.subject.otherReligion
dc.subject.otherChristian Church
dc.subject.otherHistory
dc.subject.otherReligion
dc.subject.otherChristian Church
dc.subject.otherCanon & Ecclesiastical Law
dc.titleWhat Makes a Church Sacred?
dc.title.alternativeLegal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.112
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b
oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9780520382015
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintUniversity of California Press
oapen.identifierhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/413d9efe-a089-4b4c-82ea-b6c2f50c0c4f
oapen.identifier.isbn9780520382015


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