Online Seminar-Discussing Documents of the “Arian” Controversy, 22 March 2024

Conferences & Events

Dear Colleagues,I hope this message finds you well! The next session of our Seminar is approaching! Friday, March 22, 2024: 15:00-18:00 (Central European Time) The topic for 2024 is Letters, and the next session consists of four papers:Alfons Fürst (Universität Münster): Trends in Modern Research on Christian Letter Writing in AntiquityJohan Leemans (KU Leuven): Letters, Synods, and Theology in the 4th centuryMadalina …

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Call for Papers & Membership-2024 Conference of the Orthodox Canon Law Society of North America, 18-19 October, 2024

Conferences & Events

The Orthodox Canon Law Society of North America (OCLSNA) holds an annual forum for the presentation and discussion of papers on every aspect of Orthodox canon law and on related topics relevant to the discipline. Orthodox canon law includes the entire field of Eastern Christian canonical history and practice, including the Oriental and Eastern Catholic …

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“Spectral Lives by Luke and Philostratus: Journeying of Holy Men” by Robert Lee Williams

New Books

Spectral Lives by Luke and Philostratus: Journeying of Holy Men, Robert Lee Williams, Lexington Books, 2023. In the first century CE, the Jewish Jesus, his followers, and the Pythagorean Apollonius journeyed widely, each to spread their good news. Spectral Lives by Luke and Philostratus: Journeying of Holy Men argues that the biographers, Luke and Philostratus felt ethically …

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“Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation” by Alex Fogleman

New Books

Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation” by Alex Fogleman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. In this book, Alex Fogleman presents a new history of the rise and development of catechesis in Latin Patristic Christianity by focusing on the critical relationship between teaching and epistemology. Through detailed studies of key figures and catechetical texts, he offers …

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New CLA Book-“From Idols to Icons: The Rise of the Devotional Image in Early Christianity” by Robin M. Jensen

New Books

A new monograph in the “Christianity in Late Antiquity” series has been released. Jensen, Robin M. From Idols to Icons: The Rise of the Devotional Image in Early Christianity. Christianity in Late Antiquity 12. Oakland: University of California Press, 2022. Even the briefest glance at an art museum’s holdings or an introductory history textbook demonstrates the …

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