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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823002703321

Titolo

The Routledge companion to early Christian thought / / edited by D. Jeffrey Bingham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-19342-8

1-135-19343-6

1-282-57621-6

1-78034-259-4

9786612576218

0-203-86451-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Routledge Religion Companions

Altri autori (Persone)

BinghamD. Jeffrey (Dwight Jeffrey)

Disciplina

230.09015

281

Soggetti

Christianity - Philosophy - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

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

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

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Part I WORLD; 1 CHRISTIANITY IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD: Socio-political, philosophical, and religious interactions up to the Edict of Milan (ce 313); 2 EARLY CHRISTIANITY AND PHILOSOPHY; 3 GRECO-ROMAN UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIANITY; 4 JEWS AND CHRISTIANS; Part II LITERATURE; 5 IMITATIONS IN LITERATURE AND LIFE: Apocrypha and martyrdom; 6 IGNATIUS AND THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS; 7 JUSTIN AND THE APOLOGISTS; 8 IRENAEUS OF LYONS; 9 ROMAN AND NORTH AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY; 10 CLEMENT AND ALEXANDRIAN CHRISTIANITY; 11 ORIGEN

12 GNOSIS AND NAG HAMMADI13 SCHISM AND HERESY: Identity, cracks, and canyons in early Christianity; Part III THOUGHT; 14 GOD; 15 CHRIST: The apostolic Fathers to the third century; 16 REDEMPTION; 17 SCRIPTURE; 18 COMMUNITY AND WORSHIP; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The shape and course which Christian thought has taken over its history is largely due to the contributions of individuals and



communities in the second and third centuries. Bringing together a remarkable team of distinguished scholars, The Routledge Companion to Early Christian Thought is the ideal companion for those seeking to understand the way in which Early Christian thought developed within its broader cultural milieu and was communicated through its literature, especially as it was directed toward theological concerns. Divided into three parts, the Companion: asks how Christianity's de