Andrew Pottenger, Ph.D. (University of Manchester)
‘Developing Imperial Doctrines of power in the Rhetoric of Constantine the Great on Internal Ecclesiastical Conflicts’ (NTC). Published as Power and Rhetoric in the Ecclesiastical Correspondence of Constantine the Great, Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies (Routledge, 2022).
Andrew began his research in 2014 under the supervision of Dr. Geordan Hammond (NTC) and Dr. Andrew T. Fear (University of Manchester). This work examined the surviving letters of the Roman emperor Constantine 'the Great' (r. 306-337), arguing that three main rhetorical strategies can be discerned in this correspondence chiefly addressing ecclesiastical conflicts. These strategies, in their function as Constantine's guiding assumptions concerning his use of power as he engaged with the problems of schism and heresy, are described as 'doctrines of power'.
Andrew lives with his wife, Gina, in Colorado Springs, Colorado where he teaches online as adjunct faculty for Nazarene Bible College and Kansas Christian College. He also works part-time locally in a non-academic role, and remains highly engaged in research and writing.
Publications
'Bridging Center and Periphery: Administrative Communication from Constantine to Justinian' (Book Review) Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 14 January 2022. Free online link here.
'The Rise of the Early Christian Intellectual', (Book Review) Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 30 March 2021. Free online link here.
'Gaining and Losing Imperial Favour in Late Antiquity: Representation and Reality', (Book Review) Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 24 October 2020. Free online link here.
"An Insult to the Incarnation"?: Online Technology and Christian Worship After COVID-19', Didache: Faithful Teaching, Summer 2020. Free online link here.
'COVID-19: We've Been Here Before' (Blog), Nazarene Theological Seminary, 4 May 2020. Free online link here.
'Book Note: The Donatist Church in an Apocalyptic Age', Ancient Jew Review. Free online link here.
‘Dissertation Spotlight: Power and Rhetoric in the Letters of Constantine the Great,’ Ancient Jew Review. Free online link here.
'The "Servant of God": Divine Favour and Instrumentality Under Constantine (318-325)' Studies in Church History, Vol. 54, Church and Empire (Cambridge, 2018). Free online link here.
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