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Andrew J. Pottenger, Ph.D.

Researcher in Early Christianity and Late Antiquity

Author of Power and Rhetoric in the Ecclesiastical Correspondence of Constantine the Great (Routledge, 2023).

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Andrew graduated with a Ph.D. in Church History from the University of Manchester in 2019. He has presented papers on subjects concerning power and rhetoric in Constantine’s correspondence at various conferences and research seminars in the United Kingdom and the United States. He has taught in courses related to the history of Christianity in countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Bulgaria, and the United States. He currently teaches online courses in church history for Nazarene Bible College, and spiritual formation and philosophy for Kansas Christian College from his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado (USA) where he lives with his wife Gina.

Photo credit: Gina Grate Pottenger

Above, L to R: The Arch of Constantine, Rome; Coin depicting Constantine, c. 325; Battisterio Paleocristiano, possible site of Augustine of Hippo's baptism by Ambrose of Milan. Photo credits: Andrew J. Pottenger

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Publications

Book 

Power and Rhetoric in the Ecclesiastical Correspondence of Constantine the Great (Routledge, 2022).

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Articles

"The 'Servant of God': Divine Favour and Instrumentality under Constantine, 318-25" in Studies in Church History, Vol. 54: Church and Empire (Stewart J. Brown, Charlotte Methuen, and Andrew Spicer, eds.; Cambridge, 2018), pp. 31-45.

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'Power and Rhetoric in the Letters of Constantine the Great' (Dissertation Spotlight), Ancient Jew Review, 29 July 2019.

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‘“An Insult to the Incarnation?”: Online Technology and Christian Worship After COVID-19’, Didache:
Faithful Teaching 20:1 (Summer 2020).

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Book Reviews

'The Donatist Church in an Apocalyptic Age' (Book Review), Ancient Jew Review, 26 August 2019.

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'Gaining and Losing Imperial Favour in Late Antiquity: Representation and Reality' (Book Review), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 24 October 2020.

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'The Rise of the Early Christian Intellectual' (Book Review), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 30 March 2021.

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'Bridging Center and Periphery: Administrative Communication from Constantine to Justinian' (Book Review), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 14 January 2022.

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'New Rome: The Empire in the East' (Book Review), Rhea Classical Review 31 August 2023.

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Academic Blogs

"'The Past is a Foreign Country': Reflections on Travelling and the Study of History." 16 October 2017, Ecclesiastical History Society.

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‘COVID-19: We’ve Been Here Before’ (Blog), Nazarene Theological Seminary, 4 May 2020.

Photo credit: Helen Stocker

Detail from The Battle of the Milvian Bridge by Giulio Romano (1520-1524), located in the Sala di Constantino, Vatican Museums, Vatican City. The image is in the public domain.

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