William Eugene Klingshirn
William Eugene Klingshirn is an American patristician .
Life
He received an AB from College of the Holy Cross in 1977 , an AM from Stanford University in 1982 and a Ph.D. in 1985. at Stanford University. He is the Margaret H. Gardiner Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Early Christianity at the Catholic University of America .
He specializes in the history and culture of the late ancient Mediterranean world. His current research focuses on fortune tellers and fortune telling in late antiquity, on definitions of Christian culture in the early Middle Ages, and on the reception of Caesarius of Arles in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Fonts (selection)
- Caesarius of Arles . Life, testament, letters . Liverpool 1994, ISBN 0-85323-368-3 .
- Caesarius of Arles. The making of a Christian community in late antique Gaul . Cambridge 1994, ISBN 0-521-43095-X .
- with Linda Safran (ed.): The early Christian book . Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 0-8132-1486-6 .
- with AnneMarie Luijendijk (ed.): My lots are in Thy Hands. Sortilege and its practitioners in Late Antiquity . Leiden 2019, ISBN 978-90-04-38410-1 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klingshirn, William Eugene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klingshirn, William E .; Klingshirn, WE |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American patristic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |