The new self and reading practices in late antique christianity

Guy G. Stroumsa

doi:10.1163/18712428-09501002

The new self and reading practices in late antique christianity

Guy G. Stroumsa

Department of Comparative Religion

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-18
Number of pages	18
Journal	Church History and Religious Culture
Volume	95
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-09501002
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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books
early Christianity
late antiquity
reading
self

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