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Tertullian the African - An Anthropological Reading of Tertullian's Context and Identities (Hardcover)
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Tertullian the African - An Anthropological Reading of Tertullian's Context and Identities (Hardcover)
Series: Millennium Studien/Millennium Studies
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Who was Tertullian, and what can we know about him? This work
explores his social identities, focusing on his North African
milieu. Theories from the discipline of social/cultural
anthropology, including kinship, class and ethnicity, are
accommodated and applied to selections of Tertullian's writings. In
light of postcolonial concerns, this study utilizes the categories
of Roman colonizers, indigenous Africans and new elites. The third
category, new elites, is actually intended to destabilize the other
two, denying any "essential" Roman or African identity. Thereafter,
samples from Tertullian's writings serve to illustrate comparisons
of his own identities and the identities of his rhetorical
opponents. The overall study finds Tertullian's identities to be
manifold, complex and discursive. Additionally, his writings are
understood to reflect antagonism toward Romans, including Christian
Romans (which is significant for his so-called Montanism), and
Romanized Africans. While Tertullian accommodates much from
Graeco-Roman literature, laws and customs, he nevertheless retains
a strongly stated non-Roman-ness and an African-ity, which is
highlighted in the present monograph.
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