02564oam 2200541I 450 991015486640332120231206171624.01-317-29406-81-315-64612-91-317-29407-610.4324/9781315646121(CKB)4340000000019376(MiAaPQ)EBC4756265(OCoLC)967394407(EXLCZ)99434000000001937620180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe afterlife in early Christian Carthage near-death experience, ancestor cult, and the archaeology of paradise /Stephen E. PotthoffFirst edition.New York :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (255 pages) illustrationsRoutledge Studies in the Early Christian World1-138-18298-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Rebirthing paradise in the sacred space of vision and cemetery -- 2. Ghosts, graveside dining, and dreams of paradise : Mediterranean ancestor cult in the early Christian period -- 3. Mediterranean ancestor cult in Carthage : hungry ghosts and the Roman cemetery as other world -- 4. Dining, divining, and divorcing the dead : the age of Tertullian -- 5. The age of Cyprian : burial clubs and banquets in paradise -- 6. The age of Augustine : burial as sanctos, graveside parties, and the abodes of body and soul after death -- 7. Christian burial ad sanctos at Carthage : pressing on to heaven in the paradisal realm of the cemetery -- 8. Refreshment and reunion in the garden of light : sculpting paradise at the grave.Christian cemeteriesTunisiaCarthage (Extinct city)DeathReligious aspectsChristianityFuture lifeChristianityHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Church historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600Carthage (Extinct city)Church historyChristian cemeteriesDeathReligious aspectsChristianity.Future lifeChristianityHistory of doctrinesChurch history276.1101276.1101Potthoff Stephen.916778MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154866403321The afterlife in early Christian Carthage2055253UNINA