Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity

ISBN-13: 9780190459161 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 264 str.

Ellen Muehlberger

Recenzje

Death took a turn in late antiquity: beginning in the fourth century, Christians under the tutelage of their rhetorically sophisticated leaders visualized death as a new phase of their moral lives. In this lively and sensitive study, Muehlberger traces the roots and far-ranging implications of this deathly turn. Moment of Reckoning transforms our understanding of early Christian personhood and cautions nuance in the stories we tell about the past.

O autorze

Ellen Muehlberger is Associate Professor of Christianity in Late Antiquity in the Departments of Near Eastern Studies and History at the University of Michigan. During the research for this book, she held of the Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship (2014-15) and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2016-17).