Chapter Textgemeinschaften und die Erfindung von Rivalität und Toleranz in der Kaiserzeit (2./3. Jh. n. Chr.)

• Main Author: Rüpke, Jörg (auth)
• Other Authors: Wallraff, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2016
• Subjects: Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; History of religion; The Early Church; Christian theology; Late Antiquity; toleration; Constantine
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

1,700 years ago, the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius granted religious freedom - even and particularly for Christianity. The religious policy of Constantine is often associated with the modern ideal of tolerance. This book inquires into the contours and shape of this modern concept as well a...