Religious Polemics and Encounters in Late Antiquity: Boundaries, Conversions, and Persuasion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the intricate identarian formation and negotiations of early encounters of the Abrahamic religions. Its aim is to understand the ever-pressing challenges arising from polemical inter-religious encounters by analyzing the dynamics of apologetic debate, the negotiation and formation of boundaries of belonging, and the argumentative thrust for persuasion and conversion.

Produktdetails

• Studies on the Children of Abr Nr.8
• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789004466838
• ISBN-10: 9004466835
• Artikelnr.: 62355247

Autorenporträt

Timo Nisula is adjunct professor in dogmatics at the Åbo Akademi University. He is the author of Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence (2012) and has published several articles on the theology and rhetoric of Augustine's preaching. Anni Maria Laato is adjunct professor in patristic studies at the University of Helsinki, and in dogmatics in Åbo Akademi University. Apart from her dissertation, Jews and Christians in De duobus montibus Sina et Sion, she has published articles mainly in the field of patristics. Pablo Irizar is Adjunct Professor of Catholic Studies at the School of Religious Studies of McGill University in Montreal (Canada). He serves as Director of the Newman Centre, also at McGill. He is the recipient of the 2020 Louvain Studies Theological Research Award for emerging young scholars. Contributors are Antti Laato, Erkki Koskenniemi, Sami Yli-Karjanmaa, Sven-Olav Back, Maijastina Kahlos, Anni Maria Laato, Siiri Toiviainen Rø, Joseph Grabau, Timo Nisula, Eetu Manninen, Pablo Irizar, Aäron Vanspauwen, Serafim Seppälä.