The care of the dead in late antiquity / Éric Rebillard ; translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine [sic] Routier-Pucci.

Author/creator Rebillard, Éric
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press,
Descriptionxiii, 224 p. ; 24 cm.
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Uniform titleReligion et sépulture. English
SeriesCornell studies in classical philology ; v. 59
Cornell studies in classical philology v. 59. ^A179994
Contents The problem of the origins : Christian burial in Rome and Carthage -- Burial and religious identity : religious groups and collective burial -- Voluntary associations and collective burial : the church, Christians, and the Collegia -- Violation of tombs and impiety : funerary practices and religious beliefs -- Christian piety and burial duty : from the duty to bury the dead to the organization of burial for the poor -- Christian funerals and funerals of Christians : the church and the death ritual in late antiquity -- The church, Christians, and the dead : commemoration of the dead in late antiquity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index.
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LCCN 2008052547
ISBN9780801446771 (cloth : alk. paper)

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