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Building the Body of Christ

- Christian Art, Identity, and Community in Late Antique Italy
Af: Daniel C. Cochran Engelsk Hardback

Building the Body of Christ

- Christian Art, Identity, and Community in Late Antique Italy
Af: Daniel C. Cochran Engelsk Hardback
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In Building the Body of Christ, Daniel C. Cochran argues that monumental Christian art and architecture played a crucial role in the formation of individual and communal identities in late antique Italy. The ecclesiastical buildings and artistic programs that emerged during the fourth and fifth centuries were designed to facilitate liturgical worship and ritual, not only reflecting Christianity’s changing status within the Roman Empire but also actively shaping those who used them. Emphasizing the importance of materiality and the body in early Christian thought and practice, Cochran shows how bishops and their supporters employed the visual arts to present a Christian identity rooted in the sacred past but expressed in the present through church unity and episcopal authority. He weaves together archaeological and textual evidence to contextualize case studies from Rome, Aquileia, and Ravenna, showing how these sites responded to the diversity of early Christianity as expressed through private rituals and the imperial appropriation of the saints. Cochran shows how these early ecclesiastical buildings and artistic programs worked in conjunction with the liturgy to persuade individuals to adopt alternative beliefs, practices, and values that contributed to the formation of institutional Christianity and the “Christianization” of late antique Italy.

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In Building the Body of Christ, Daniel C. Cochran argues that monumental Christian art and architecture played a crucial role in the formation of individual and communal identities in late antique Italy. The ecclesiastical buildings and artistic programs that emerged during the fourth and fifth centuries were designed to facilitate liturgical worship and ritual, not only reflecting Christianity’s changing status within the Roman Empire but also actively shaping those who used them. Emphasizing the importance of materiality and the body in early Christian thought and practice, Cochran shows how bishops and their supporters employed the visual arts to present a Christian identity rooted in the sacred past but expressed in the present through church unity and episcopal authority. He weaves together archaeological and textual evidence to contextualize case studies from Rome, Aquileia, and Ravenna, showing how these sites responded to the diversity of early Christianity as expressed through private rituals and the imperial appropriation of the saints. Cochran shows how these early ecclesiastical buildings and artistic programs worked in conjunction with the liturgy to persuade individuals to adopt alternative beliefs, practices, and values that contributed to the formation of institutional Christianity and the “Christianization” of late antique Italy.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 298
ISBN-13: 9781978707689
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1978707681
Kategori: Religionshistorie
Udg. Dato: 17 nov 2020
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 160mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato: 17 nov 2020
Forfatter(e): Daniel C. Cochran
Forfatter(e) Daniel C. Cochran


Kategori Religionshistorie


ISBN-13 9781978707689


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 298


Udgave


Længde 28mm


Bredde 160mm


Højde 229mm


Udg. Dato 17 nov 2020


Oplagsdato 17 nov 2020


Forlag Rowman & Littlefield

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