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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461339303321

Titolo

The origins of Christendom in the West [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Alan Kreider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh ; ; New York, : T&T Clark, 2001

ISBN

1-283-19546-1

9786613195463

0-567-24740-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KreiderAlan <1941->

Disciplina

274/.01

Soggetti

Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Christianity - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: i Changing Patterns of Conversion in the West -- Alan Kreider -- z Christianization and Conversion in Northern Italy -- Rita Lizzi Testa -- 3 Christianity Shaped through its Mission -- Ramsay MacMullen -- PART TWO -- CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE -- CHRISTIANIZATION OF EUROPE -- 4 The Sociology of Pre-Constantine Christianity: -- Approach from the Visible -- Wolfgang Wischmeyer -- 5 Early Christian Features Preserved in Western -- Monasticism -- Eoin de Bhaldraithe, OCist. -- 6 Charism and Office in a Changing Church -- Christine Trevett -- Women in the Christianization of the West -- Anne Jensen -- v -- PART THREE -- LITURGY AND CHRISTIAN FORMATION -- IN THE ADVENT OF CHRISTENDOM -- 8 Catechesis and Initiation -- Everett Ferguson -- 9 The Effects of the Coming of Christendom on -- Early Christian Worship -- Paul F. Bradshaw -- io Augustine and the Transformation of Baptism -- David F. Wright -- PART FOUR -- THEOLOGY AND INCULTURATION -- 11 Defining Heresy -- Rowan Williams -- 12 Comparative Inculturations -- Antonie Wessels -- PART FIVE -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- I3 Epilogue: Approaching Christendom -- Kate Cooper



-- Contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

For well over a millennium the civilization of Western Europe was 'Christendom,' with Christianity the dominant religion, buttressed by social and legal structures. This volume studies Christendom at its origins, bringing the insights of leading scholars in the fields of ancient history, theology, patristics, and liturgy to bear on aspects of Europe's Christianization. From a missiological perspective, the contributors ask what is Christianity's impact upon culture, what is culture's impact upon Christianity? Focusing on the first four centuries, but also looking forward to the future of Chris