Maureen A Tilley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5017525 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maureen A Tilley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maureen A |
| FAMILY NAME | Tilley |
| SIGNATURE | TILLEY M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Donatists
The name “Donatist” was given by their enemies to the followers of Donatus, Christian bishop of Carthage (elected ca. 311).
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The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies
Late ancient studies as a relatively discrete discipline is a recent invention.Only since the 1970s have scholars, who in a previous generation might have identified themselves as classicists, church historians, Roman historians, or patristics scholars, come to identify themselves as scholars of ''late antiquity.''But more has changed than just the name.The methods of analysisboth historiographical and literary-of the period (itself newly delinea…
The Ascetic Body and the (Un)Making of the World of the Martyr
Journal Article The Ascetic Body and the (Un)Making of the World of the Martyr Get access Maureen A. Tilley Maureen A. Tilley Mareen A. Tilley is Assistant Professor of Religion at The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1029 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LIX, Issue 3, Fall 1991, Pages 467–480, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LIX.3.467 Publis…
Dilatory Donatists or Procrastinating Catholics
In the year 411 the bishops of Christian North Africa, Augustine among them, assembled in Carthage to debate whether Catholics or Donatists should be recognized as the true Christian church in North Africa. Although most biographies of Augustine and histories of Christianity in North Africa mention this conference, they spend little time on the substance of the discussion which took place between the two parties. Accusations by fourthcentury Cath…
Scripture as an Element of Social Control
The martyr stories, the earliest hagiographical writings, were not composed simply as memorials to the courage of those who preferred death to apostasy. Their authors recorded the stories both to preserve beliefs and to enforce norms of behavior. The authors of the martyr stories often provided explicit testimony to why they wrote. They expected the stories to proclaim the validity of the charismatic authority of the martyrs, to manifest martyrs …
The Book of Rules of Tyconius
The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies
Late ancient studies as a relatively discrete discipline is a recent invention.Only since the 1970s have scholars, who in a previous generation might have identified themselves as classicists, church historians, Roman historians, or patristics scholars, come to identify themselves as scholars of ''late antiquity.''But more has changed than just the name.The methods of analysisboth historiographical and literary-of the period (itself newly delinea…
The Ascetic Body and the (Un)Making of the World of the Martyr
Journal Article The Ascetic Body and the (Un)Making of the World of the Martyr Get access Maureen A. Tilley Maureen A. Tilley Mareen A. Tilley is Assistant Professor of Religion at The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1029 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LIX, Issue 3, Fall 1991, Pages 467–480, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LIX.3.467 Publis…
Scripture as an Element of Social Control
The martyr stories, the earliest hagiographical writings, were not composed simply as memorials to the courage of those who preferred death to apostasy. Their authors recorded the stories both to preserve beliefs and to enforce norms of behavior. The authors of the martyr stories often provided explicit testimony to why they wrote. They expected the stories to proclaim the validity of the charismatic authority of the martyrs, to manifest martyrs …
The Book of Rules of Tyconius
The Ascetic Body and the (Un)Making of the World of the Martyr
Journal Article The Ascetic Body and the (Un)Making of the World of the Martyr Get access Maureen A. Tilley Maureen A. Tilley Mareen A. Tilley is Assistant Professor of Religion at The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1029 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LIX, Issue 3, Fall 1991, Pages 467–480, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LIX.3.467 Publis…
Dilatory Donatists or Procrastinating Catholics
In the year 411 the bishops of Christian North Africa, Augustine among them, assembled in Carthage to debate whether Catholics or Donatists should be recognized as the true Christian church in North Africa. Although most biographies of Augustine and histories of Christianity in North Africa mention this conference, they spend little time on the substance of the discussion which took place between the two parties. Accusations by fourthcentury Cath…
No Friendly Letters
The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies
Late ancient studies as a relatively discrete discipline is a recent invention.Only since the 1970s have scholars, who in a previous generation might have identified themselves as classicists, church historians, Roman historians, or patristics scholars, come to identify themselves as scholars of ''late antiquity.''But more has changed than just the name.The methods of analysisboth historiographical and literary-of the period (itself newly delinea…
Donatists
The name “Donatist” was given by their enemies to the followers of Donatus, Christian bishop of Carthage (elected ca. 311).
Philosophy (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (2 works) · History (2 works)