Athanasius' creation of religious boundaries: Heretics, pagans, and schismatics in Egypt

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" Athanasius' creation of religious boundaries: Heretics, pagans, and schismatics in Egypt "
Jared John Secord

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	54526
Doc. No	:	TL24480
Call number	:	‭MR19058‬
Main Entry	:	Jared John Secord
Title & Author	:	Athanasius' creation of religious boundaries: Heretics, pagans, and schismatics in Egypt\ Jared John Secord
College	:	University of Calgary (Canada)
Date	:	2006
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2006
Page No	:	112
Abstract	:	Athanasius' presentation of events has formed much of the basis for how scholars have interpreted the religious history of the fourth-century; these scholars have, until recently, largely trusted how Athanasius presents the world, with neat and simple divisions between "Catholic Christians" and everyone else. This thesis attempts to show that religious boundaries were not so simple: Chapter 1 demonstrates how some instances of violence in the career of Athanasius cannot be solely interpreted on religious grounds, and Chapter 2 considers how Athanasius presented the prototypical Christian monk, Antony, as the antithesis of pagan philosophers. Pagans and Christians were not as different from one another as Athanasius suggested, particularly in the areas which he emphasizes, language and education.
Subject	:	Philosophy, religion and theology; Religious history; 0320:Religious history
Added Entry	:	University of Calgary (Canada)