LEADER 02436nam 2200445 450 001 9910813198603321 005 20231110211546.0 010 $a90-04-46834-X 035 $a(CKB)5600000000002274 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6768911 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6768911 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000002274 100 $a20220712d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHumankind and the cosmos $eearly Christian representations /$fDoru Costache 210 1$aLeiden :$cBrill,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (435 pages) 225 1 $aVigiliae Christianae, Supplements 311 $a90-04-46595-2 327 $aIntroduction : the world of the early Christians -- Methodological prolegomena -- Cosmic harmony -- Contemplation of the natural world : the second and the third century -- Contemplation of the natural world : the fourth century -- From the periphery to the centre -- Description and interpretation -- Anthropic perspectives -- Conclusions : yesterday's lessons for today. 330 $a"In this volume, Costache endeavours to map the world as it was understood and experienced by the early Christians. Progressing from initial fears, they came to adopt a more positive view of the world through successive shifts of perception. This did not happen overnight. Tracing these shifts, Costache considers the world of the early Christians through an interdisciplinary lens, revealing its meaningful complexity. He demonstrates that the early Christian worldview developed at the nexus of several perspectives. What facilitated this process was above all the experience of contemplating nature. When accompanied by genuine personal transformation, natural contemplation fostered the theological interpretation of the world as it had been known to the ancients"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aVigiliae Christianae, Supplements 606 $aNature$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aCosmology, Ancient 615 0$aNature$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aCosmology, Ancient. 676 $a261.88 700 $aCostache$b Doru$01702582 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813198603321 996 $aHumankind and the cosmos$94087197 997 $aUNINA