REL 367 RELIGION AND EMPIRE IN LATE ANTIQUITY
This course examines the complex interrelationships between empire and religion in Late Antiquity. We explore how Judaism, Christianity and Islam developed in this era, taking on their definitive shapes and becoming “world religions.” We focus on the intertwined themes of belief, authority, community and identity as we proceed through the eras of Greek, Roman, Persian and Arab-Islamic dominion in the Near East and Mediterranean.