(Re)significações cristãs dos valores e práticas romanas na Apologia de Tertuliano.

Abstract

The monograph analyzes the writing of Tertullian, an African theologian of the second century, considering the articulations between the work, author and historical context, as well as the interactions made by the author with other productions and discourses of the time. Its main source of analysis is the work Apologeticum (Apologetic), written by the Latin writer around the year 197 during the government of Septimius Severus. It studies Tertullian's contributions in the process of building an identity for Christianity in its initial phase, which later influenced all Western Christian thought. In this sense, we examine the similarities and differences between the mechanisms of legitimation of a "Christian morality", marked by the appropriation and (re)signification of the moral values of the ancients, problematizing Tertullian's discourses from the dialogue with classic writers and contemporary scholars who allow us to understand the play of alterity present in the relations between the two models of “morals” existing in this historical context.