Ancient African Christianity : an introduction to a unique context and tradition

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ix
• 1 Introduction = 1
• Preliminary concerns = 1
• Question 1 What is meant by "ancient African Christianity"? = 2
• Question 2 Why study ancient African Christianity? = 3
• Question 3 What makes African Christians unique? = 5
• Question 4 What is the purpose of this 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 = 45
• 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 = 79
• Tertullian on the earliest African Christians = 80
• African Christian origins = 82
• The Scillitan martyrs = 85
• Perpetua, Felicity, and their fellow martyrs = 87
• African Christianity in the 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 = 115
• 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 sint) = 154
• Commodian = 155
• Late third-century martyrdoms = 158
• 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
• Escalation of violence 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 = 251
• Self-identifying as an African = 253
• 9 The Vandal era of African Christianity = 264
• The Vandal invasion of Africa = 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 = 287
• Justinian's reconquest of Africa = 287
• The African Three Chapters controversy = 295
• Gregory the Great = 301
• Maximus the Confessor = 308
• Conclusions about Byzantine Africa = 311
• 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
• 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 = 366
• Abbreviations = 366
• Ancient sources cited = 366
• Secondary sources = 375
• Subject Index = 405
• Ancient Source Index = 418
• Scripture Index = 425