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Edwards marshals an impressive array of sources from this period Recommended. --CHOICE

Throughout this useful volume, the repeated appearances of some of the same themes, issues and authors — and, on occasion, the same texts — in multiple chapters cumulatively invite the reader to appreciate the interconnectedness of diverse forms of literature and practice, and thus to ask whether the designation of them as 'diverse' would have been as obvious to readers and authors at the time. Perhaps more importantly, Edwards also warns against letting superficial similarities between texts become the basis for simple, reductionist statements about the 'religious identity' of authors, or seeking to neatly pigeonhole their works within clear intellectual genealogies. This detailed and thoughtful account is a useful introduction to a wide selection of early fourth-century writings and provides a fascinating insight into the innovation, experimentation and complexity of the age. * Richard Flower, Late Antiquity * [Edwards] is remarkably successful at ordering this diverse and complex material into a comprehensible whole, writing in a style that is elegant, precise [...], urbane and sometimes funny * Adrian Spooner, Classics for All * In this rich study, Edwards offers a holistic picture of the age of Constantine, in which the religious, theological, and philosophical aspects stand out most conspicuously... this is a thorough, valuable, and enjoyable analysis, which will be in many ways an inspiration to scholars in ancient religions, early Christian studies, patristic theology, Roman history, and history of ancient philosophy. * Ilaria L.E. Ramelli, Gnomon Vol. 90:1 *

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Mark Edwards is Professor of Early Christian Studies at University of Oxford. His publications include Catholicity and Heresy in the Early Church (Ashgate, 2009) and John Through the Centuries (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003).

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