Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity - Networks and the Movement of Culture

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. The Acts of Thomas: 1. The Acts of Thomas and its impact; Part II. Christianity, Networks, and the Red Sea: 2. Early Christianity and its many Indias: complexities of the sources; 3. The Roman Egyptian network, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean; Part III. Christianity, Networks, and the Middle East: 4. The movement of Christianity into Sasanian Persia: perspectives and sources; 5. Social connectivity between the Roman Levant, Persian Gulf, and Central Asia; 6. The Late Antique impact of the Acts of Thomas and Christian communities in India; Conclusion.

About the author

Nathanael J. Andrade is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at State University of New York, Binghamton. His previous book was Syrian Identity in the Greco-Roman World (Cambridge, 2013).

Summary

Explores how ancient and late antique Christianity traveled through Asia by examining the social networks that connected the ancient and late antique Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, central Asia, and Iran. Focuses in particular on the narrative tradition regarding the apostle Judas Thomas.

Product details

• Authors: Nathanael J. Andrade, Nathanael J. (State University of New Yor Andrade, Nathanael J. (State University of New York Andrade, Andrade Nathanael J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781108409551
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40955-1
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, India, Christianity, c 500 to c 1000 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, The Early Church