Phase II of of the International Donatist Studies Series: the Symposium Anthology
Stadhuis
Leuven
Due out in 2013, and published by Peeters Publishers in the prestigious Late Antique History & Religion series, the anthology 'The Uniquely African Controversy: Studies on Donatist Christianity' (eds. M.A. Gaumer, A. Dupont, M. Lamberigts) will present a breakthrough work in the area of Latin Patristics, North African Christianity, and Late Antiquity. Never before has an anthology been produced on the subject of Donatist Christianity, let alone one that contains articles from a multi-disciplinary array of scholars, including Roman legal historians, archaeologists, philologists, ecclesiastical historians, theologians, Roman experts, and biblical exegetes.
Background of the Symposium Anthology
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The forthcoming anthology is a result of the inaugural International Donatist Studies Symposium held on Thursday and Friday, 17-18 MAY 2012, in Leuven, Belgium. It was organised and supported by the Research Unit - History of Church and Theology of the KU Leuven Faculty of Theology in collaboration with the Augustinian Historical Institute (Heverlee/Leuven) and the KU Leuven Faculty of Theology. It was the first-ever international expert seminar dedicated exclusively to research on Donatist Christianity and related themes. This conference brought together scholars from all over the world who have made important contributions to the study of ancient North African Christianity in recent years as well as provided a platform for emerging scholars.
The contributions to the symposium are dedicated to various topics: the effect of Imperial intervention/political aspects of the Donatist leadership, the development of Augustine’s theology through the controversy, theological content in the African councils (sacramentology, ecclesiology, martyrology, christology), the role of authority and tradition in the controversy, the role of leading personalities in the controversy, the bible in Africa, rhetorical analysis of polemical literature, textual-critical studies of the sources, archaeological findings and African liturgy, and the later history of Donatism and its reception in early-modern controversies. Each contribution is supposed to include a general, methodological conclusion which would enable perspectives for further research.
Featured chapters include contributions from the following North African specialists: Maureen Tilley (USA), Geert van Reyn (Belgium), Marcin Wysocki (Poland), Geoffrey Dunn (Australia), Paul Van Geest (Netherlands), Carles Buenacasa-Pérez (Spain), Matthew Alan Gaumer (Belgium), Matteo Dalvit (Italy), Jane Merdinger (USA), Ilaria Ramelli (Italy), Anthony Dupont (Belgium), Erika Hermanowicz (USA), Paola Marone (Italy), Ed Smither (USA), Clemens Weidmann (Austria), Stanislaw Adamiak (Poland), Bart van Egmond (Netherlands), and Alden Bass (USA).
The contributions to the symposium are dedicated to various topics: the effect of Imperial intervention/political aspects of the Donatist leadership, the development of Augustine’s theology through the controversy, theological content in the African councils (sacramentology, ecclesiology, martyrology, christology), the role of authority and tradition in the controversy, the role of leading personalities in the controversy, the bible in Africa, rhetorical analysis of polemical literature, textual-critical studies of the sources, archaeological findings and African liturgy, and the later history of Donatism and its reception in early-modern controversies. Each contribution is supposed to include a general, methodological conclusion which would enable perspectives for further research.
Featured chapters include contributions from the following North African specialists: Maureen Tilley (USA), Geert van Reyn (Belgium), Marcin Wysocki (Poland), Geoffrey Dunn (Australia), Paul Van Geest (Netherlands), Carles Buenacasa-Pérez (Spain), Matthew Alan Gaumer (Belgium), Matteo Dalvit (Italy), Jane Merdinger (USA), Ilaria Ramelli (Italy), Anthony Dupont (Belgium), Erika Hermanowicz (USA), Paola Marone (Italy), Ed Smither (USA), Clemens Weidmann (Austria), Stanislaw Adamiak (Poland), Bart van Egmond (Netherlands), and Alden Bass (USA).
Sponsorship Information
The International Donatist Studies Series is a research initiative sponsored by the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (Het Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen (FWO) under the project heading: The appeal to Cyprian in the Donatist and Pelagian controversies: a study of the legitimacy of the use of authority in two controversies in the life of Augustine. The director of the project is Prof. Dr. Mathijs Lamberigts and the research lead is Dr. Matthew Alan Gaumer, both of the KU Leuven Faculty of Theology & Religious Studies. KU Leuven Project: http://www.kuleuven.be/research/researchdatabase/project/3H09/3H090025.htm
FWO Website: http://www.fwo.be/
FWO Website: http://www.fwo.be/
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