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The New Self and Reading Practices in Late Antique Christianity

The New Self and Reading Practices in Late Antique Christianity The article deals with the complex relationship between the religious revolution of late antiquity and cultural changes in the Roman world. It focuses on new attitudes to books, and analyses them in parallel with new conceptions of the self emerging in early Christianity. In particular, it seeks to understand the paradox of the early monks having been at once fierce opponents and carriers of Greco-Roman paideia . http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Church History and Religious Culture (formerly Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis) Brill

The New Self and Reading Practices in Late Antique Christianity

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Brill
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Copyright 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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1871-241X
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1871-2428
DOI
10.1163/18712428-09501002
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Abstract

The article deals with the complex relationship between the religious revolution of late antiquity and cultural changes in the Roman world. It focuses on new attitudes to books, and analyses them in parallel with new conceptions of the self emerging in early Christianity. In particular, it seeks to understand the paradox of the early monks having been at once fierce opponents and carriers of Greco-Roman paideia .

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Church History and Religious Culture (formerly Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2015

Keywords: self; books; reading; early Christianity; late antiquity

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