Kissing Christians: Ritual and Community in the Late Ancient Church

Kissing Christians: Ritual and Community in the Late Ancient Church
ISBN-10
081223880X
ISBN-13
9780812238808
Category
History
Pages
195
Language
English
Published
2005-09-26
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Author
Michael Philip Penn

Description

Kissing was one of the most widely practiced early Christian rituals. Kissing Christians presents the first comprehensive study of how ancient controversies concerning this rite became part of larger debates regarding the internal structure of ancient Christian communities and their relations with outsiders.

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