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Tertullian the African: An Anthropological Reading of Tertullian's Context and Identities (MillenniumStudien / Millennium Studi,Used
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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 Tertullians 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 Tertullians writings serve to illustrate comparisons of his own identities and the identities of his rhetorical opponents. The overall study finds Tertullians 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 socalled Montanism), and Romanized Africans. While Tertullian accommodates much from GraecoRoman literature, laws and customs, he nevertheless retains a strongly stated nonRomanness and an Africanity, which is highlighted in the present monograph.
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