{"product_id":"sacred-ritual-profane-space-the-roman-house-as-early-christian-meeting-place-paperback","title":"Sacred Ritual, Profane Space: The Roman House as Early Christian Meeting Place - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJenn Cianca\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first three centuries of Christianity are increasingly seen in modern scholarship as sites of complexity. \u003ci\u003eSacred Ritual, Profane Space\u003c\/i\u003e examines the Christian meeting places of the time and overturns long-held notions about the earliest Christians as utopian rather than place-bound people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy mapping what is known from early Christian texts onto the archaeological data for Roman domestic spaces, Jenn Cianca provides a new lens for examining the relationship between early Christianity and sites of worship. She proposes that not only were Roman homes sacred sites in their own right but they were also considered sacred by the Christian communities that used them. In many cases, meeting space would have included the presence of the Roman domestic cult shrines. Despite the fact that the domestic cult was polytheistic, Cianca asserts that its practices likely continued in places used for worship by Christians. She also argues that continued practice of the domestic cult in Roman domestic spaces did not preclude Christians from using houses as churches or from understanding their rituals or their meeting places as sacred. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaising a host of questions about identity, ritual affiliation, and domestic practice, \u003ci\u003eSacred Ritual, Profane Space\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how sacred space was constructed through ritual enactment in early Christian communities.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJenn Cianca is associate professor of classical studies and liberal arts at Bishop's University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48394531143901,"sku":"9780773553330","price":73.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/385hDfqTM69780773553330.webp?v=1787163642","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/sacred-ritual-profane-space-the-roman-house-as-early-christian-meeting-place-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}