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May 09, 2024
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RLST 091 SC - Heretics, Deviants and “Others” in Early Christianity
CrsNo RLST091 SC
How did the concepts of “correct” belief and behavior, as well as “heresy” and “deviance,” develop and exert authority out of the diversity in early Christianity? This course will examine the evidence for several debates and notorious dissenters. Topics include traditional and revisionist views of the nature of “orthodoxy” and “heresy,” social theory as a tool for interpreting ancient sources, the rhetorical “construction” of otherness and the use of violence by ecclesiastical and civil authorities.
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