LEADER 04693nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910452396403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89812-8 010 $a0-8122-0737-8 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812207378 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104534 035 $a(OCoLC)802059452 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576067 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000736471 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11428034 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736471 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10767795 035 $a(PQKB)11191267 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441627 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18380 035 $a(DE-B1597)449515 035 $a(OCoLC)1013957969 035 $a(OCoLC)979623330 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812207378 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441627 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576067 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421062 035 $a(OCoLC)932312588 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104534 100 $a20030313d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBecoming Christian$b[electronic resource] $ethe conversion of Roman Cappadocia /$fRaymond Van Dam 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-3738-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-246) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tOrthodoxy and Heresy -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. "The Evil in Our Bosom": Eunomius as a Cappadocian Father -- $tConversion -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 2. "Even Though Roman Laws Judge Differently": Christianity and Local Traditions -- $tChapter 3. Remembering the Future: Christian Narratives of Conversion -- $tChapter 4. "Everything in Ruins": Ancient Legends and Foundation Myths -- $tChapter 5. The Founder of the Cappadocians -- $tPreachers and Audiences -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 6. Listening to the Audience: The Six Days of Creation -- $tChapter 7. Small Details: The Cult of the Forty Martyrs -- $tThe Life to Come -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 8. "I Saw a Parrot": Philostorgius at Constantinople -- $tChapter 9. A Blank Sheet of Paper: The Apocryphal Basil -- $tChapter 10. "Trail of Sorrows": The Autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus -- $tEpilogue: A Different Late Antiquity -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tEditions and Translations -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn a richly textured investigation of the transformation of Cappadocia during the fourth century, Becoming Christian: The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia examines the local impact of Christianity on traditional Greek and Roman society. The Cappadocians Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Eunomius of Cyzicus were influential participants in intense arguments over doctrinal orthodoxy and heresy. In his discussion of these prominent churchmen Raymond Van Dam explores the new options that theological controversies now made available for enhancing personal prestige and acquiring wider reputations throughout the Greek East.Ancient Christianity was more than theology, liturgical practices, moral strictures, or ascetic lifestyles. The coming of Christianity offered families and communities in Cappadocia and Pontus a history built on biblical and ecclesiastical traditions, a history that justified distinctive lifestyles, legitimated the prominence of bishops and clerics, and replaced older myths. Christianity presented a common language of biblical stories and legends about martyrs that allowed educated bishops to communicate with ordinary believers. It provided convincing autobiographies through which people could make sense of the vicissitudes of their lives.The transformation of Roman Cappadocia was a paradigm of the disruptive consequences that accompanied conversion to Christianity in the ancient world. Through vivid accounts of Cappadocians as preachers, theologians, and historians, Becoming Christian highlights the social and cultural repercussions of the formation of new orthodoxies in theology, history, language, and personal identity. 606 $aChristianity and culture$zTurkey$zCappadocia$xHistory 607 $aCappadocia (Turkey)$xChurch history 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChristianity and culture$xHistory. 676 $a275.6402 700 $aVan Dam$b Raymond$0487736 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452396403321 996 $aBecoming Christian$92464189 997 $aUNINA