Éric Rebillard ; translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine [sic] Routier-Pucci.
Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2012.
xiii, 224 pages ;
24 cm.
Cornell paperbacks
Cornell studies in classical philology ;
v. 59
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index.
The problem of the origins : Christian burial in Rome and Carthage -- Burial and religious identity : religious groups and collective burial -- Voluntary associations and collective burial : the church, Christians, and the Collegia -- Violation of tombs and impiety : funerary practices and religious beliefs -- Christian piety and burial duty : from the duty to bury the dead to the organization of burial for the poor -- Christian funerals and funerals of Christians : the church and the death ritual in late antiquity -- The church, Christians, and the dead : commemoration of the dead in late antiquity.
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Religion et sépulture.
English
Death-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient-- Religious aspects.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient-- Rome-- Religious aspects.