Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction ix
5. 1. The Problem of the Origins: Christian Burial in Rome and Carthage 1
6. 2. Burial and Religious Identity: Religious Groups and Collective Burial 13
7. 3. Voluntary Associations and Collective Burial: The Church, Christians, and the Collegia 37
8. 4. Violation of Tombs and Impiety: Funerary Practices and Religious Beliefs 57
9. 5. Christian Piety and Burial Duty: From the Duty to Bury the Dead to the Organization of Burial for the Poor 89
10. 6. Christian Funerals and Funerals of Christians: The Church and the Death Ritual in Late Antiquity 123
11. 7. The Church, Christians, and the Dead: Commemoration of the Dead in Late Antiquity 140
12. Conclusion 176
13. Primary Sources 179
14. Secondary Sources 191
15. Index 213