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Constantine : religious faith and imperial policy
- Title
- Constantine : religious faith and imperial policy / edited by A. Edward Siecienski.
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Siecienski, A. Edward (Anthony Edward)
- Description
- x, 148 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Constantine : Religious Faith and Imperial Policy brings together some of the English-speaking world's leading Constantinian scholars for an interdisciplinary study of the life and legacy of the first Christian emperor. For many he remains a 'sign of contradiction' (Luke 2:34) whose life and legacy generate intense debate. He was the first Christian emperor, protector of the Church, eventually remembered as 'equal to the apostles' for bringing about the Christianization of the Empire. Yet there is another side to Constantine's legacy, one that was often neglected by his Christian hagiographers. Some modern scholars have questioned the orthodoxy of the so-called 'model Christian emperor,' while others have doubted the sincerity of his Christian commitment, viewing his embrace of the faith merely a means to a political end. Collecting papers presented at the 2013 symposium at Stockton University commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, this volume examines the very questions that have for so long occupied historians, classicists, and theologians. The papers in this volume prove once again that Constantine is not so much a figure from the remote past, but an individual whose legacy continues to shape our present"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 > Congresses
- Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 > Influence > Congresses
- Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 > Religion > Congresses
- Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 > Political and social views > Congresses
- Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337
- 306-337
- Emperors > Rome > Biography > Congresses
- Christian biography > Rome > Congresses
- Christian biography
- Emperors
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Kings and rulers
- Political and social views
- Religion
- Rome > Kings and rulers > Biography > Congresses
- Rome > History > Constantine I, the Great, 306-337 > Congresses
- Rome (Empire)
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Tom Papademetriou -- Introduction / A. Edward Siecienski -- Part One: Debates -- Constantine and Religious Extremism / H.A. Drake -- The Significance of the Edict of Milan / Noel Lenski -- Part Two: Historiography -- The Sources for Our Sources : Eusebius and Lactantius on Constantine in 312-313 / Raymond Van Dam -- Constantine in the Pagan Memory / Mark Edwards -- Writing Constantine / David Potter -- Part Three: Legacy -- The Eusebian Valorization of Violence and Constantine's Wars for God / George E. Demacopoulos -- Constantine the Pious / Peter J. Leithart.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-3037
- ISBN
- 9781472454133
- 1472454138
- LCCN
- 2016036082
- OCLC
- 956957405
- Title
- Constantine : religious faith and imperial policy / edited by A. Edward Siecienski.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 306-337
- Added Author
- Siecienski, A. Edward (Anthony Edward), editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-3037