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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791023603321

Autore

Rousseau Philip

Titolo

The early Christian centuries / / Philip Rousseau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-89050-7

1-138-15484-9

1-315-84298-X

1-317-89051-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

270.1

Soggetti

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

Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Pearson Education.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Dedication""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Giving a shape to early Christian history""; ""2 Paul and the Jewish past: an apostle and his world""; ""3 Jesus of Nazareth: portraits of a saviour""; ""4 Individual virtue and its social setting""; ""5 Churches as learning communities""; ""6 Heroes and survivors: Christians engage with the world""; ""7 The Christian empire, a contested experiment: Constantine and his successors""; ""8 A crisis of authority""; ""9 An ancient legacy and its post-Roman future""; ""Epilogue: the price of success""

""Further bibliographical notes and acknowledgements""""Index""