Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity
In Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity, Jeremy M. Schott examines the ways in which conflicts between Christian and pagan intellectuals over religious, ethnic, and cultural identity contributed to the transformation of Roman imperial rhetoric and ideology in the early fourth century C.E.
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Introduction: Identity Politics in the Later Roman EmpireChapter 1. Philosophers, Apologists, and EmpireChapter 2. Porphyry on Greeks, Christians, and OthersChapter 3. Vera Religio and Falsae Religiones: Lactantius's Divine InstitutesChapter 4. What Difference Does an Emperor Make? Apologetics and Imperial Ideology in Constantine's Oration to the Saints and Imperial LettersChapter 5. From Hebrew Wisdom to Christian Hegemony: Eusebius of Caesarea's Apologetics and PanegyricsEpilogue: Empire's PalimpsestAppendix: Porphyry's Polemics and the Great PersecutionList of AbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments