Introduction
Part I: Pagans and Christians through time
1 Pagans in the third century
2 Christians in the third century
3 Pagans and Christians during the Tetrarchy
4 Constantine
5 Pagans and Christians in the mid-fourth century
6 Pagans and Christians in the late fourth century
7 Christianisation and its limits in the fifth and sixth centuries
Part II: Other religious groups
8 Jews
9 Zoroastrians
10 Manichaeans
Part III: Themes in late antique Christianity
11 Ascetics
12 Bishops
13 Material resources
14 Church life
15 Women
16 Pilgrims and holy places
Biography
Doug Lee is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Nottingham. He has published widely on many aspects of Late Antiquity, including his most recent book, From Rome to Byzantium, AD 363 to 565: The Transformation of Ancient Rome (2013).
"This is an invaluable collection for students and teachers alike, offering clear insight into the complexities of the different sources for the study of religion in late antiquity and the ways that historians have interpreted them."
Neville Morley, Bristol, UK
"the author's contributions are clear and helpful, the primary materials well chosen and quite interesting. This second edition (replacing the first, published in 2000) can be recommended for academic libraries supporting undergraduate studies in religion, as well as public and specialized libraries. Summing Up: Recommended."
R. Goldenberg, Stony Brook University (SUNY) in CHOICE
