Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity

Josef Lössl is Professor of Religious Studies and Theology (Early Christianity, Patristics and Late Antiquity) at the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University, and Director of the Cardiff University Centre for Late Antique Religion and Culture.Nicholas Baker-Brian is Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Early Christian Studies at Cardiff University (Wales, U.K.).

• List of Figures ixList of Maps xiList of Tables xiiiNotes on Contributors xvAcknowledgments xxiList of Sources xxiiiList of Abbreviations xlviiContentsIntroduction 1Nicholas J. Baker-Brian and Josef Lössl1 Religion in Late Antiquity—Late Antiquity in Religion 9Thomas E. HuntPART I Historical and Geographical Approaches 312 Religion in the Hellenistic and Early Post‐Hellenistic Era 33Josef Lössl3 Christianity and Paganism in the Roman Empire, 250–450 ce 61Mark Humphries4 The Latin West in the Period of Transition from “the Late Roman Empire” to “Early Medieval Europe”: Consolidation and Innovation 81Tom O’Loughlin5 The Celtic and Germanic West and North 99Bernhard Maier6 The “Greek East”: Christianization and the Provincial Elites 115Dirk Krausmüller7 Caucasia: Albania, Armenia, and Georgia 135Nikoloz Aleksidze8 The Rise of Monotheism in Arabia 157Holger Zellentin9 Along the Nile: From Alexandria to Aksum 181Paul Dilley10 Across the Indian Ocean: Reconsidering Christianity in South Asia to the Ninth Century 207James M. Hegarty11 Along the Silk Road: From Aleppo to Chang’an 233Max DeegPART II Traditions and Identities 25512 The Beginnings of Jewish Late Antiquity: The Fate of the Book of Esther 257Hector M. Patmore13 Christianity 277Augustine Casiday14 Varieties of Christian Gnosis 297Timothy Pettipiece15 A New Religion? The Emergence of Manichaeism in Late Antiquity 319Nicholas J. Baker‐Brian16 Paleo‐Islam: Transfigurations of Late Antique Religion 345Aziz Al‐Azmeh17 Hermetism 369Claudio Moreschini18 The “Pagans” of Late Antiquity 391Jan R. Stenger19 Ancient Philosophy Transformed: The Religious Turn in Philosophy 411Daniel King20 Astrology and Religion in Late Antiquity 433Hannah MacePART III Themes and Discussions 45321 Life and Death in Late Antiquity: Religious Rituals and Popular Culture 455Lucy Grig22 Religion and the Body: Asceticism 475Hannah Hunt23 Demons and Demonologies 493Sophie Lunn‐Rockliffe24 Religion, Medicine, and Health 511Heidi Marx25 Religion, Warfare, and Demography 529Mischa Meier26 The Scriptural Galaxy of Late Antiquity 553Guy G. Stroumsa27 Proscription of Sacred Texts in Late Antiquity 571Mar Marcos28 Religious Expression in Art and Architecture 591Emma Loosley29 Religious Expression in Music and Dance 611Clemens LeonhardIndex 635

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