The Material Culture of Early Christianity

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Description

The workshop focussed on such questions as 'how can early Christianity be identified in the archaeological record?', 'what do the archaeological remains reveal about processes of Christianization and its impact on communities in the Greek provinces?', and 'how did early Christian communities define themselves?'. Two lectures by invited speakers were followed by a discussion session. Dr. Rebecca Sweetman (University of St Andrews) gave a talk entitled 'The Archaeology of Early Christianity and Christianization in Greece', and Dr. Daniëlle Slootjes (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) spoke about 'Christian Notions of Death and Afterlife in Late Antiquity'.
Period15-Mar-2016
Event typeConference
LocationGroningen, NetherlandsShow on map