The Power of Religion in Late Antiquity

by Andrew Cain (Author), NoelLenski (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $219.56

  Late Antiquity witnessed a dramatic recalibration in the economy of power, and nowhere was this more pronounced than in the realm of religion. Divided into eight sections, this title includes articles that also examines the power of religion in literature, theurgical power over the divine, and the use of the cross as a symbol of power.