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"`the author has successfully placed north Aftican Christianity within the ramework of the variegated religious life of the province during the second and third centuries. he has achieved this in a scholarly and well-researched study and...has made a valuable contribution towards understanding the political and religious life of Roman north Africa.' Ecclesiastical History 47:2 `A very good and very important book...It retains the rigorous documentation and close argument which characterize the best dissertations in any university, but much of it also reads like the profound reflections of a mature scholar. Rives advances (and in my opinion establishes) a significant historical thesis...Rives has constructed a model religion in the cities of the Roman Empire, firmly grounded in a careful and accurate reading of the very varied evidence relating to to Carthage, which does much to explain an important historical development. Anyone who rejects this model has a duty to offer a more plausible or more convincing one. It will not be an easy task.' Journal of Theological Studies `detailed examination of the religious life of Roman Cartahage in the first three centuries ... Rives has produced a challenging and convincing interpretation of the intersection of religion and authority in the early empire that will lead many students and scholars or reconsider the way in which they view ""official religion"" in the Roman world.' J.S. Hamilton, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Journal of Church and State, Winter 1997 `Well documented with literacy and archaeological evidence ... The author significantly increases our understanding of religion in the Roman empire with this monograph.' Church History"

Rives's study has much to commend it to students of religion in the Roman empire....Rives should be applauded most of all for writing a book on religion in the Roman world that focuses on evidence from the western half of the empire. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review Rives has produced a challenging and convincing interpretation of the intersection of religion and authority in the early empire that will lead many students and scholars to reconsider the way in which they view official religion in the Roman world --Journal of Church and State Rive's book represents a major advance in the study of ancient Carthage, the relationship between religious identity and political authority in the Roman empire, and the religious transformation of the Mediterranean world. It is the first successful study of how and why the official religion of a major city in the Roman empire changed over time. In explaining this change, Rives has recreated the religious tapestry of Carthage with unmatched sensitivity to language, subtlety, and depth. This study should serve as a model for understanding religious change in other cities and provinces of the Roman empire. --American Historical Review This study of religious life in Carthage during its most cosmopolitan era is well documented with literary and archeological evidence...The author significantly increases our understanding of religion in the Roman empire with the monograph. --Church History

the author has successfully placed north Aftican Christianity within the ramework of the variegated religious life of the province during the second and third centuries. he has achieved this in a scholarly and well-researched study and...has made a valuable contribution towards understanding the political and religious life of Roman north Africa. Ecclesiastical History 47:2 A very good and very important book...It retains the rigorous documentation and close argument which characterize the best dissertations in any university, but much of it also reads like the profound reflections of a mature scholar. Rives advances (and in my opinion establishes) a significant historical thesis...Rives has constructed a model religion in the cities of the Roman Empire, firmly grounded in a careful and accurate reading of the very varied evidence relating to to Carthage, which does much to explain an important historical development. Anyone who rejects this model has a duty to offer a more plausible or more convincing one. It will not be an easy task. Journal of Theological Studies detailed examination of the religious life of Roman Cartahage in the first three centuries ... Rives has produced a challenging and convincing interpretation of the intersection of religion and authority in the early empire that will lead many students and scholars or reconsider the way in which they view official religion in the Roman world. J.S. Hamilton, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Journal of Church and State, Winter 1997 Well documented with literacy and archaeological evidence ... The author significantly increases our understanding of religion in the Roman empire with this monograph. Church History

Rives's study has much to commend it to students of religion in the Roman empire....Rives should be applauded most of all for writing a book on religion in the Roman world that focuses on evidence from the western half of the empire. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review<br> Rives has produced a challenging and convincing interpretation of the intersection of religion and authority in the early empire that will lead many students and scholars to reconsider the way in which they view official religion in the Roman world --Journal of Church and State<br> Rive's book represents a major advance in the study of ancient Carthage, the relationship between religious identity and political authority in the Roman empire, and the religious transformation of the Mediterranean world. It is the first successful study of how and why the official religion of a major city in the Roman empire changed over time. In explaining this change, Rives has recreated the religious tapestry of Carthage with unmatched sensitivity to language, subtlety, and depth. This study should serve as a model for understanding religious change in other cities and provinces of the Roman empire. --American Historical Review<br> This study of religious life in Carthage during its most cosmopolitan era is well documented with literary and archeological evidence...The author significantly increases our understanding of religion in the Roman empire with the monograph. --Church History<br>

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