Early Christianity in North Africa - Decret, François (Clarke, 2011)
Translation of : Le christianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-222) and index
Geographical and historical background -- Origins of the African church -- Tertullian : the "master" -- Mid-third-century persecution and crisis in Africa -- Cyprian, the "pope" of Carthage -- Organization and life of the third-century African churches -- The Donatist schism and the division of African Christianity -- The diverse African religious landscape in late antiquity -- Augustine of Hippo and the glory of the "great church" -- The final stages of the African church : from the Vandal invasion to the Arab Maghreb