Kissing Christians Ritual and Community in the Late Ancient Church - Penn, Michael Philip (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005)
Biographical note: Michael Philip Penn teaches religion at Mount Holyoke College
Main description: Kissing was one of the most widely practiced early Christian rituals. Kissing Christians presents the first comprehensive study of how ancient controversies concerning this rite became part of larger debates regarding the internal structure of ancient Christian communities and their relations with outsiders