The origins of Christendom in the West / / edited by Alan Kreider

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818990403321
• 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; 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