Authority

This mini-collection focuses on how authority in religious matters is created, where it may reside, how in specific contexts is had been maintained, how it has often been subverted or diluted. Material from a range of disciplinary perspectives is included.

Image:
Fragment of a shallow Roman blown glass bowl showing Christ giving a scroll to two figures. The scroll reads “DOMINVS LEGE[M] DAT,” which translates to “the Lord giving the law.” The object is held in the Toledo Museum of Art.