The Donatist Church in an Apocalyptic Age
Jesse A. Hoover
Reviews and Awards
"commendable ... leaves the reader with an awareness of the complexity of the issue" -- Stanisław Adamiak, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum
"this volume deals carefully with the precise theological theme of apocalypticism and eschatology in Donatist sources ... Hoover deals admirably with the notorious difficulties surrounding access to Donatist texts" -- Joseph Grabau, Augustiniana
"The Donatist Church has set a new standard for the study of Donatist theology, which has been hemmed in for over a century by Augustine's ?fth-century agenda and by tired scholarly tropes such as 'Church of the Pure' and 'Church of the Martyrs'. By attending to the dissident voices preserved in Augustine's work and by utilising the witness of relatively new sources such as the Liber genealogus, the 'Donatist Dossier' and the Vienna Homilies, Hoover reconstructs a vibrant and viable strand of late ancient Christianity. His method of carefully analyaing these minor texts, if used to investigate other areas of Donatist theology, promises a still greater harvest." -- Alden Bass, Journal of Ecclesiastical History
"Hoover has written an excellent book that treats Donatist apocalyptic themes from the beginning of their influence (Tertullian, Cyprian, Lactantius) up through the end of their literary existence in 427 CE." -- Ronald Burris, Associate Professor at the American Baptist Seminary of the West and a member of the core doctoral faculty at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, Reading Religion