03476nam 2200649Ia 450 991046483800332120200520144314.03-11-092626-110.1515/9783110926262(CKB)3400000000020882(OCoLC)811411517(CaPaEBR)ebrary10595848(SSID)ssj0000608906(PQKBManifestationID)11380436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000608906(PQKBWorkID)10607479(PQKB)11502478(MiAaPQ)EBC3041551(WaSeSS)Ind00014316(DE-B1597)57115(OCoLC)979606912(DE-B1597)9783110926262(Au-PeEL)EBL3041551(CaPaEBR)ebr10595848(PPN)175592292(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74654(PPN)175217629(EXLCZ)99340000000002088220070629d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTertullian the African an anthropological reading of Tertullian's context and identities /by David E. WilhiteBerlin ;New York De Gruyterc20071 online resource (244 p.)Millennium-Studien,1862-1139 ;v. 14Revised thesis (Ph.D.)--University of St. Andrews.3-11-019453-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-225) and index.Front matter --Acknowledgements --Contents --Abbreviations --1 Conceptual Frameworks for Re-Reading Tertullian --2 Social Identity --3 Kinship Theory --4 Class Theory --5 Ethnicity Theory --6 Anthropology of Religion --7 Disciplinary Frameworks for Re-Contextualizing Tertullian --Bibliography --IndexWho was Tertullian, and what can we know about him? This work explores his social identities, focusing on his North African milieu. Theories from the discipline of social/cultural anthropology, including kinship, class and ethnicity, are accommodated and applied to selections of Tertullian's writings. In light of postcolonial concerns, this study utilizes the categories of Roman colonizers, indigenous Africans and new elites. The third category, new elites, is actually intended to destabilize the other two, denying any "essential" Roman or African identity. Thereafter, samples from Tertullian's writings serve to illustrate comparisons of his own identities and the identities of his rhetorical opponents. The overall study finds Tertullian's identities to be manifold, complex and discursive. Additionally, his writings are understood to reflect antagonism toward Romans, including Christian Romans (which is significant for his so-called Montanism), and Romanized Africans. While Tertullian accommodates much from Graeco-Roman literature, laws and customs, he nevertheless retains a strongly stated non-Roman-ness and an African-ity, which is highlighted in the present monograph.Millennium-Studien ;Bd. 14.TheologyAfricaEthnologyAfricaTheologyEthnology230.096Wilhite David E599914MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464838003321Tertullian the African1021657UNINA