Devotion and Dissent:

The Practice of Christianity in Roman

Africa

The Eucharist and other Ritual Meals

  Papers to be discussed in Session A 91 of the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, 9:00-11:30am, 22 November 1998, S-Mockingbird

"Polluted Sacraments":  Augustine's Denunciation of Montanist Eucharistic Meals
William Tabbernee, Phillips Theological Seminary

Water in the Desert:  Wine, Eucharist and Sacrifice in Tertullian and Cyprian
Andrew McGowan, Episcopal Divinity School

Evidence for Eucharistic Practice in the Writing of Cyprian
Graeme Clarke, Australian National Research University

Meals Sacred and Profane:  TheEvidence from Christian North Africa.
Susan T. Stevens, Randolph-Macon Woman's College

The Body of Christ and the Body of the Believer:  Eucharistic Fasting in Roman North Africa
Maureen A. Tilley, University of Dayton

The African Eucharist: Reconstructing Ritual in Space
Robin M. Jensen, Andover Newton Theological School

The Eucharistic Ritual in the Writings of Augustine
J. Patout Burns, Washington University in St. Louis

The Eucharistic Presence of the Body of Christ according to Augustine
 J. Patout Burns, Washington University in St. Louis
 

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Basilica at Hippo Regius

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