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Question 1 What is meant by "ancient African Christianity"? |
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Question 2 Why study ancient African Christianity? |
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3 | (2) |
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Question 3 What makes African Christians unique? |
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Question 4 What is the purpose of this book? |
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10 | (1) |
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Introducing ancient African Christians: an overview |
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10 | (19) |
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11 | (4) |
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The beginnings of Christian Africa |
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15 | (4) |
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Christian Africa in the fourth century |
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19 | (3) |
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The last days of ancient African Christianity |
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22 | (7) |
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History and ancient African Christians |
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29 | (16) |
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2 Backgrounds to early African Christianity |
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45 | (34) |
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Romanization: from culture to ethnicity to identity |
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45 | (4) |
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African (identity) politics |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (4) |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (4) |
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63 | (16) |
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3 The earliest evidence of African Christianity |
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79 | (29) |
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Tertullian on the earliest African Christians |
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80 | (2) |
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African Christian origins |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (2) |
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Perpetua, Felicity, and their fellow martyrs |
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87 | (2) |
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African Christianity in the late second and early third century |
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89 | (7) |
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Legacies and later trajectories |
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96 | (12) |
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108 | (28) |
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108 | (8) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (2) |
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Tertullian the misogynist |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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116 | (6) |
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122 | (4) |
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Legacy and later trajectories |
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126 | (10) |
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5 Cyprian and the later third century |
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136 | (34) |
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136 | (5) |
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141 | (13) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (7) |
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That Idols Are Not Gods (Quod idola dii non sint) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (3) |
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Late third-century martyrdoms |
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158 | (12) |
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6 The early fourth century in Africa |
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170 | (25) |
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Christian records from the early fourth century |
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171 | (5) |
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176 | (5) |
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177 | (1) |
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What was African about Arnobius? |
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178 | (3) |
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181 | (14) |
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182 | (1) |
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What was African about Lactantius? |
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183 | (12) |
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7 The Donatist controversy |
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195 | (45) |
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195 | (1) |
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The beginning of the schism |
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196 | (3) |
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199 | (2) |
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Escalation of violence and persecution |
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201 | (2) |
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Donatist diversity and decline |
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203 | (7) |
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210 | (4) |
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Reassessing Donatist characteristics |
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214 | (3) |
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What was African about the Donatists? |
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217 | (8) |
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Donatists and the Punic language |
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218 | (2) |
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Donatists and African identity |
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220 | (1) |
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Donatists and conflict with Romans |
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221 | (4) |
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225 | (15) |
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240 | (24) |
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Augustine's life and legacy |
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240 | (4) |
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Augustine's works and teachings |
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244 | (6) |
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What was African about Augustine? |
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250 | (14) |
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Augustine's African background |
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250 | (1) |
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Accusations about Augustine's identity |
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251 | (2) |
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Self-identifying as an African |
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253 | (11) |
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9 The Vandal era of African Christianity |
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264 | (23) |
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The Vandal invasion of Africa |
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264 | (2) |
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Vandals, Catholics, and Donatists |
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266 | (6) |
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Vandal expansion of power |
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272 | (4) |
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The end of the Vandal kingdom |
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276 | (11) |
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10 The late Byzantine era in Africa |
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287 | (34) |
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Justinian's reconquest of Africa |
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287 | (8) |
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The African Three
Chapters controversy |
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295 | (6) |
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301 | (7) |
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308 | (3) |
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Conclusions about Byzantine Africa |
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311 | (10) |
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11 The Arab conquests in Africa |
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321 | (36) |
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Understanding the sources and background |
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321 | (4) |
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325 | (5) |
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Survival of evidence and evidence of survival |
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330 | (5) |
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Characteristics of late African Christianity |
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335 | (3) |
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Reasons for African Christianity's disappearance |
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338 | (19) |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (1) |
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Theological syncretism theory |
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345 | (2) |
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Political pragmatism theory |
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347 | (1) |
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Tentative conclusions on African Christianity's end |
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348 | (9) |
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12 Conclusion: What was African about ancient African Christianity? |
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357 | (48) |
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357 | (3) |
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Elements found in the "African School" |
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360 | (1) |
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360 | (2) |
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362 | (4) |
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366 | (39) |
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366 | (1) |
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366 | (9) |
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375 | (30) |
| Subject Index |
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405 | (13) |
| Ancient Source Index |
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418 | (7) |
| Scripture Index |
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