Devotion and Dissent:

The Practice of Christianity in Roman

Africa

Baptism and Initiation Rituals

 "In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Lord Montanus":  Was Montanist Baptism in North Africa Heretical as well as Schismatic?

   William Tabbernee, Phillips Theological Seminary

Tertullian's Theology and "Jewish Baptism."

   Claudia Setzer, Manhattan College

"Aliquanto prius sub antistitis manu": a note on De Corona 3.2

    Alistair Stewart-Sykes, General Theological Seminary

Baptism as witnessed in the corpus of Cyprian.

    Grame Clarke, Australian National Research University

Eloquent Water:  the Sources, Distribution, and Uses of Water in North African Churches.

    Susan T. Stevens, Randolph-Macon Woman's College

The Sign Value of Donatist Baptismal Architecture

    Maureen Tilley, The Florida State University

Womb, Tomb, and Garden:  The Symbolism of the North African Baptismal Fonts

    Robin M. Jensen, Andover Newton Theological School

"Do You Renounce Satan and All His Works?"  Success and Failure amongst Catechumens in Late Roman Africa.

    Jane E. Merdinger

Baptism as the Crossing of a Social Boundary

    J. Patout Burns, Washington University in St. Louis

Outline of the Ritual

     J. Patout Burns, Washington University in St. Louis

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