TY  - GEN
AU  - Farag,Mary K.
TI  - What Makes a Church Sacred? : Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity
SN  - /doi.org/10.1525/luminos.112
PY  - 2021///
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Ancient history: to c 500 CE
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Christian Churches & denominations
KW  - History
KW  - Ancient
KW  - Religion
KW  - Christian Church
KW  - Canon & Ecclesiastical Law
N1  - Open Access
N2  - What is the purpose of a church? Who owns a church? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three groups in late antiquity were concerned with these questions: Christian leaders, wealthy laypersons, and lawmakers. Conflicting answers usually coexisted, but from time to time they clashed and caused significant tension. In these disputes, juridical regulations and opinions mattered more than has been traditionally recognized. Considering familiar Christian controversies in novel ways, Farag’s investigation shows that scholarship has misunderstood well-known religious figures by ignoring the legal issues they faced. This seminal text nuances vital aspects of scholarly conversations on sacred space, gift giving, wealth, and poverty in the late antique Mediterranean world, making use not only of Latin and Greek sources but also Coptic and Arabic evidence
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50504/1/external_content.epub
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50504/1/external_content.epub
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71714
ER  -