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Sacred ritual, profane space : the Roman house as early Christian meeting place

By Jenn , Cianca

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780773553323, 0773553320, 9780773553330, 0773553339
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3874963 bytes)
Series
Studies in Christianity and Judaism new series 1.
Pages
236\249
Time added
2020-01-12 21:06:56
House churches -- Rome;Sacred space -- Rome;Domest

Description

"This monograph examines the nature of the earliest Christian meeting places, with a special emphasis on the formation of sacred space. The use of domestic spaces by these early groups is widely accepted, but the spaces themselves are usually understood as having been neutral, rather than sacred. In this study, I propose not only that these The context of house-church Christianity -- Roman domestic space -- Roman domestic worship -- House-church Christianity and Roman domestic worship -- Placing ritual : Christians in the Roman house -- Sacred space and the house church -- Conclusion: Towards a theory of sacred space in house-church Christianity.

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