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The afterlife in early Christian Carthage : near-death experience, ancestor cult, and the archaeology of paradise

By Stephen E. , Potthoff

Book information

Year
2017
ISBN
9781138182981, 1138182982, 9781315646121, 1315646129
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12614722 bytes)
Series
Routledge studies in the early Christian world
Pages
240 Se\255
Time added
2018-11-12 12:18:23
ca 30-600;Carthage (Extinct city) -- Church historca 30-600;Church history -- Primitive and early chJenseitsglaube;Frühchristentum;Paradies;Ahnenkult

Description

AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroductionChapter 1: Rebirthing Paradise in the Sacred Space of Vision and CemeteryChapter 2: Ghosts, Graveside Dining, and Dreams of Paradise: Mediterranean Ancestor Cult in the Early Christian PeriodChapter 3: Mediterranean Ancestor Cult in Carthage: Hungry Ghosts and the Roman Cemetery as Other WorldChapter 4: Dining, Divining, and Divorcing the Dead: The Age of Tertullian and PerpetuaChapter 5: The Age of Cyprian: Burial Clubs and Banquets in ParadiseChapter 6: The Age of Augustine: Burial ad sanctos, Graveside Parties, and the Abodes of Body and Soul after DeathChapter 7: Christian Burial ad sanctos at Carthage: Pressing on to Heaven in the Paradisal Realm of the CemeteryChapter 8: Refreshment and Reunion in the Garden of Light: Sculpting Paradise at the GraveConclusionBibliographyIndex

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