Penn M.P. Kissing Christians Ritual and Community in the Late Ancient Church

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. — 196 p. — (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)Kissing was one of the most widely practiced early Christian rituals. Kissing Christians presents the first comprehensive study of how ancient controversies concerning this rite became part of larger debates regarding the internal structure of ancient Christian communities and their relations with outsiders.