Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Ulrich Huttner -- Chapter 2 On the Historical Geography and Economy / Ulrich Huttner -- Chapter 3 Political Structures and the Importance of the Polis / Ulrich Huttner -- Chapter 4 Culture- and Religio-Historical Premises / Ulrich Huttner -- Chapter 5 Christian Authorities / Ulrich Huttner -- Chapter 6 Conflicts and Agreements / Ulrich Huttner -- Chapter 7 The Christian Church: Institutionalizing Processes / Ulrich Huttner -- Chapter 8 Ignatius Once Again: Instead of a Conclusion / Ulrich Huttner -- Back Matter -- Appendix 1 Prosopography of the Clerics / Ulrich Huttner -- Appendix 2 Letters of Ignatius to Magnesia and Tralles, Text and German Translation / Ulrich Huttner -- Bibliography / Ulrich Huttner.

In Early Christianity on the Lower Maeander , Ulrich Huttner explores the religious authorities crucial for the poleis in the region (Miletus, Magnesia, Tralles, Nysa) and for shaping the conditions under which the Christian communities developed from the first to the fifth centuries. The Christians had to find their way between traditional institutions like the Oracle of Didyma and new impulses like those in the letters written by Ignatius of Antioch. While they were first still victims of local and imperial persecutions, from the 4th century onwards they enjoyed their superiority by demolishing pagan monuments.

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