The Rise of Early Christianity

The workshop will stimulate further scholarly discussion on the topic of the emergence and expansion of early Christianity in Asia Minor and on Cyprus in antiquity. A special focus is set on the Christianisation process in the province of Cappadocia. Several recently published volumes prepared by the Topoi research groups will be presented during the workshop.


Publication

Stephen Mitchell and Philipp Pilhofer (Eds.), Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus. From the Margins to the Mainstream, Leiden: Brill, 2019

Program

22.6.2018
14:00 - 14:15
Welcome
14:15 - 15:00
Constantinople and Asia Minor: The Matter of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the Fourth Century
Turhan Kaçar
15:00 - 15:45
Caesarea and the Cult of Saints
Aude Busine
15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break
16:15 - 17:00
Gregory of Nazianzus and Early Christian Village Poetry
Christiane Zimmermann
17:00 - 17:30
Inscribing Caria: The Perseverance of Epigraphic Traditions in Late Antiquity
Anna Sitz
17:30 - 18:00
Book presentations
18:00 - 18:30
Break
18:30 - 19:30
378: An Exact Date for the Rise of Christianity at Sagalassos?
Peter Talloen
20:00 - 21:00
Conference Dinner
23.6.2018
09:00 - 09:45
Balancing between Paganism and Judaism: The Early Christianity in Cappadocia
Margherita Cassia
09:45 - 10:30
Martyrs, Monks, and Heretics in the Rocky Cappadocia
Gaetano Arena
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45
The Christian Epigraphy of Cyprus
Daniela Summa
11:45 - 12:30
Heis Theos and Hypsistos Theos in Late Roman Cyprus
Georgios Deligiannakis
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:30
Changing Patterns of Maledictions and Penalty Formulas in Late Antique Inscriptions
Canan Arıkan
14:30 - 15:15
Hagiographic Traditions and the Spread of Christianity in Sebasteia and Lesser Armenia
Stephen Mitchell
15:15 - 15:30
Concluding remarks