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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Christian authors"”.
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Classifying Christians: Ethnography, Discovery, and the Limits of Knowledge in Late Antiquity
This dissertation analyzes the paradigms Christian writers (150-500 C.E.) used to array, historicize, and polemicize ethnographic data. A study of late antique heresiological literature (orthodox treatises about heretics) demonstrates how the religious practices, doctrinal beliefs, and historical …
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The Apocalypticism of Hesiod, Plato, & Virgil: Expanding the Boundaries for Christian Apocalyptic Intertexts
… knowledge of Greco-Roman influences upon early Christian apocalypticism, thus laying a foundation for new intertextual studies. On the other hand, this study bridges apocalypticism research towards certain Greek and Latin authors, thereby creating new pathways of investigation for classicists. …
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The Motif of Lovesickness in the Acts of Paul and Thecla and the Acts of Andrew
… the literary motif of lovesickness in two early Christian ascetic texts - the Acts of Paul and Thecla and the Acts of Andrew. In order to argue that the authors of these texts utilized lovesickness as a motif, I contextualize the illness in contemporaneous literature including medical texts, …
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Sanctifying Boldness: New Testament Women in Narsai, Jacob of Serugh, and Romanos Melodos
<p>This dissertation examines how three ancient Christian poets scripted female biblical figures as models of emboldened faith for all to emulate. Through imagined speech and narrative embellishment, they brought familiar figures to life for the entertainment, edification, and instruction of their …
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A Comparative Analysis of Gregory of Nazianzus's Apologeticus and Gregory the Great's Pastoral Care
… to apply my findings to other late antique Christian authors who wrote about pastoral care or, more broadly, about Christian leadership.<p></p>
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From isolation to incorporation : medical-theological imagery in the work of T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis, and Gwyneth Lewis.
… work of three modern and contemporary British Christian authors: T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) and Gwyneth Lewis (b.1959). Through a detailed analysis of each author's medical-theological imagery, I argue that all three authors interweave medical and theological imagery to …
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The topos of divine testimony in Luke-Acts.
… narratives from Greco-Roman, Jewish, and early Christian authors. Divine testimony in these works also serves the same function as in speeches and treatises, namely to demonstrate the virtue or piety of the protagonists and the lack of these qualities in the antagonists. This is also the case in …
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Totalising Rhetoric in Late Antique Greek Poetry
… The phrase refers to the work of (primarily Christian) poets from the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire roughly between 4th-7th c. AD, at the critical juncture between the Classical Era and the Middle Ages. This poetic corpus – which has long lived at the edges of the …
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A comparative analysis of senior pastor perceptions and practices of servant leadership
… side Robert Greenleaf is referenced and on the Christian side there are numerous Christian authors referenced to derive the 12 characteristics that are identified in the research instrument in Appendix 2. Chapter 3 deals with the methodological design of the research. This chapter identifies the …
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Polemic and episcopal authority in fourth-century Christianity
… of polemical literature by mid-fourth-century Christian authors as a means of promoting themselves as authoritative and orthodox figures during a period of doctrinal uncertainty. It focuses on the writings of four bishops (Athanasius of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers, Lucifer of Cagliari and …
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Feeling Like a Holy Warrior: Western Authors' Attributions of Emotion as Proof of Motives for Violence Among Christian Actors in Military Conflicts, Tenth Through Early Twelfth Centuries
… Roman, and later patristic Christian, authors who wrote within classical and late antique philosophical and religious systems created the accepted norms for the undertaking of organized violence - that which was fought under recognized leadership and undertaken for an …
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Metaphor and divine paternity : the concept of God's fatherhood in the Divinae institutiones of Lactantius (250-325 CE)
… that this investigation will dialogue with Christian authors of the past in order to illuminate modern theological issues. On the other hand, the allusion to theolinguistics (the study of how religious belief, thought and practice relates to language) indicates that this study will endeavor …
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Die Einstellung vorkonstantinischer Apologeten zum römischen Staat am Beispiel der römischen Frühzeit
… and intensified the conflict between pagans and Christians. When the Visigoths under Alarich conquered Rome in 410, the contrast between pagans and Christians in the Imperium Romanum for the last time flared up and the reciprocal accusations, who was to be held responsible for the calamity of the …