Movement and Motion: Spatial Change in Roman Domestic Religion. Paganism to Christianity, 1st-5th centuries CE

This thesis sets out to examine changes in Roman domestic spaces related to religious practice from the pagan to Christian period. I argue that in their spatial negotiation of pre-existing pagan spaces, early Christian belief was influenced by these pagan spaces. A long process of reinterpreting domestic space created new spatial codes, to be understood as exclusively Christian. Case studies of Roman domestic architecture reveal that there is a detectable reinvention of space that emphasizes decreased visibility and increased personal-space intimacy in domestic religious performance.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Religious Studies

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Arts

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• MacIntosh, Candace Rae

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Driediger-Murphy, Lindsay Gayle

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Palacios, Joy
• Vanderspoel, John

• Religion, Art and Architecture, Domestic Religion, Roman Domestic Religion, Household Gods, Early Christianity

Statement dc:rights

• University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/35786

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:1880/109527