Ancient African Christianity: an introduction to a unique context and tradition
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ANCIENT AFRICAN CHRISTIANS
/ WILHITE, DAVID E.YYEAUTHOR
: 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUNDS TO EARLY AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY
THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE OF AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY
TERTULLIAN
CYPRIAN AND THE LATER THIRD CENTURY
THE EARLY FOURTH CENTURY IN AFRICA
THE DONATIST CONTROVERSY
AUGUSTINE THE AFRICAN
THE VANDAL ERA OF AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY
THE LATE BYZANTINE ERA IN AFRICA
THE ARAB CONQUESTS IN AFRICA
WHAT WAS AFRICAN ABOUT ANCIENT AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY?
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
Titel: Ancient African Christianity
Autor: Wilhite, David E
Jahr: 2017
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
Preliminary concerns 1
Question 1: what is meant by "ancient African
Christianity"? 2
Question 2: wby study ancient African Christianity?
Question 3: what makes African Christians unique?
Question 4: what is the purpose ofthis book? 10
Introducing ancient African Christians: an overview 10
Pre-Christian Africa 11
The beginnings of Christian Africa 15
Christian Africa in the fourth Century 19
The last days of ancient African Christianity 22
History and ancient African Christians 29
2 Backgrounds to early African Christianity
Romanization: from culture to ethnicity to identity 45
African (identity) politics 49
African languages 52
African art 56
African religions 59
African appearance 63
3 The earliest evidence of African Christianity
Tertullian on the earliest African Christians 80
African Christian origins 82
The Scillitan martyrs 85
Perpetua, Felicity, and their fellow martyrs 87
vi Contents
African Christianity in tbe late second and early third
Century 89
Legacies and later trajectories 96
4 Tertullian 108
Tertullian's life 108
Tertullian the legalist 109
Tertullian the fideist 110
Tertullian the priest 111
Tertullian the Montanist 112
Tertullian the misogynist 114
Tertullian the Roman IIS
Tertullian the African 116
Works and teachings 116
Tertullian the African 122
Legacy and later trajectories 126
5 Cyprian and the later third Century 136
Minucius Felix 136
Cyprian 141
Persecution 142
Controversies 144
His works and teachings 146
Cyprian the African 147
That Idols Are Not Gods (Quod idola dii non sintj 1S4
Commodian 1 SS
Late third-century martyrdoms 1S8
6 The early fourth Century in Africa 170
Christian records from the early fourth Century 171
Arnobius of Sicca 176
Arnobian theology 177
What was African about Arnobius? 178
Lactantius 181
Works and teachings 182
What was African about Lactantius? 183
7 The Donatist controversy 195
Identifying Donatists 195
The beginning of the schism 196
Appeals to Constantine 199
Contents vii
Escalation ofviolence and persecution 201
Donatist diversity and decline 203
The end of Donatism? 210
Reassessing Donatist characteristics 214
What was African about the Donatists? 217
Donatists and the Punic language 218
Donatists and African identity 220
Donatists and conflict with Romans 221
Conclusions and caveats 225
8 Augustine the African 240
Augustine's life and legacy 240
Augustine's works and teachings 244
What was African about Augustine? 250
Augustine's African background 250
Accusations about Augustine's identity
Self-identifying as an African 253
9 The Vandal era of African Christianity
The Vandal invasion of Afrtca 264
Vandals, Catholics, and Donatists 266
Vandal expansion of power 272
The end of the Vandal kingdom 276
10 The late Byzantine era in Africa
Justinian's reconquest of Africa 287
The African Three Chapters controversy
Gregory the Great 301
Maximus the Confessor 308
Conclusions about Byzantine Africa 31
11 The Arab conquests in Africa 321
Understanding the sources and background 321
History of the conquest 325
Survival of evidence and evidence of survival 330
Characteristics of late African Christianity 335
Reasons for African Christianity's disappearance 338
Political power theory 340
Christian exodus theory 341
Decapitation theory 342
House divided theory 343
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264
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viii Contents
Cultural gap theory 344
Theological syncretism theory 345
Political pragmatism theory 347
Tentative conclusions on African Christianity's end 348
12 Conclusion: What was African about ancient
African Christianity? 357
Summary of findings 357
Elements found in the "African School" 360
Further considerations 360
Potential implications 362
Bibliography 3 66
Abbreviations 366
Ancient sources cited 366
Secondary sources 375
Subject Index 405
Ancient Source Index 418
Scripture Index 425 |
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