Kendra Eshleman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5627679 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kendra Eshleman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kendra |
| FAMILY NAME | Eshleman |
| SIGNATURE | ESHLEMAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Social World of Intellectuals in the Roman Empire
This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire. Membership in each category was established and evaluated socially as well as discursively. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communion to construction of the group's history, integration into the social fabric of the community served as both an index of identity and a medium through which …
Becoming Heretical
A growing consensus recognizes that the differences among Christians in the late second and early third centuries were neither as obvious nor as great as representatives of later orthodoxy would have us believe, and that what divided Christians in this period were not so much different beliefs and ideas as different hermeneutical and ritual practices. This article approaches the same conclusion from a different angle: from the perspective of pote…
Defining the Circle of Sophists
Affection and Affiliation
Drawing on modern sociological studies of conversion, this paper explores the role of pre-existing social networks and affective bonds in the process of philosophical recruitment and conversion as reflected in Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Affection and Affiliation
Drawing on modern sociological studies of conversion, this paper explores the role of pre-existing social networks and affective bonds in the process of philosophical recruitment and conversion as reflected in Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Defining the Circle of Sophists
Becoming Heretical
A growing consensus recognizes that the differences among Christians in the late second and early third centuries were neither as obvious nor as great as representatives of later orthodoxy would have us believe, and that what divided Christians in this period were not so much different beliefs and ideas as different hermeneutical and ritual practices. This article approaches the same conclusion from a different angle: from the perspective of pote…
The Social World of Intellectuals in the Roman Empire
This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire. Membership in each category was established and evaluated socially as well as discursively. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communion to construction of the group's history, integration into the social fabric of the community served as both an index of identity and a medium through which …
Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Affection (2 works)