03541nam 2200601 a 450 991046133930332120200520144314.01-283-19546-197866131954630-567-24740-6(CKB)2670000000106894(EBL)742903(OCoLC)741690642(SSID)ssj0000524642(PQKBManifestationID)12179459(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524642(PQKBWorkID)10500180(PQKB)10520220(MiAaPQ)EBC742903(Au-PeEL)EBL742903(CaPaEBR)ebr10490294(CaONFJC)MIL319546(OCoLC)893335729(EXLCZ)99267000000010689420010404d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe origins of Christendom in the West[electronic resource] /edited by Alan KreiderEdinburgh ;New York T&T Clark20011 online resource (388 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-567-08776-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 ChrisChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600ChristianityEuropeEuropeChurch historyElectronic books.Church historyChristianity274/.01Kreider Alan1941-975326MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461339303321The origins of Christendom in the West2221036UNINA