TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Remaking the Past
Averil Cameron

Sacralization and Desacralization
Béatrice Caseau

Philosophical Tradition and the Self
Henry Chadwick

Religious Communities
Garth Fowden

Barbarians and Ethnicity
Patrick J. Geary

War and Violence
Brent D. Shaw

Empire Building
Christopher Kelly

Christian Triumph and Controversy
Richard Lim

Islam
Hugh Kennedy

The Good Life
Henry Maguire

Habitat
Yizhar Hirschfeld

Alphabetical Guide

Abbreviations

Contributors

Illustration Credits

Index