Author: George Park FisherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The Beginnings of Christianity with a View of the State of the Roman World at the Birth of Christ
Author: George Park FisherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Coming Out Christian in the Roman World
Author: Douglas Ryan BoinPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620403188
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The supposed collapse of Roman civilization is still lamented more than 1,500 years later-and intertwined with this idea is the notion that a fledgling religion, Christianity, went from a persecuted fringe movement to an irresistible force that toppled the empire. The “intolerant zeal” of Christians, wrote Edward Gibbon, swept Rome's old gods away, and with them the structures that sustained Roman society. Not so, argues Douglas Boin. Such tales are simply untrue to history, and ignore the most important fact of all: life in Rome never came to a dramatic stop. Instead, as Boin shows, a small minority movement rose to transform society-politically, religiously, and culturally-but it was a gradual process, one that happened in fits and starts over centuries. Drawing upon a decade of recent studies in history and archaeology, and on his own research, Boin opens up a wholly new window onto a period we thought we knew. His work is the first to describe how Christians navigated the complex world of social identity in terms of “passing” and “coming out.” Many Christians lived in a dynamic middle ground. Their quiet success, as much as the clamor of martyrdom, was a powerful agent for change. With this insightful approach to the story of Christians in the Roman world, Douglas Boin rewrites, and rediscovers, the fascinating early history of a world faith.
The Christians as the Romans Saw Them
Author: Robert Louis WilkenPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300098396
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This book offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans.
Library of Biblical and Theological Literature
Author: The New Princeton Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Includes index.
History of the Christian Church
Author: George Park FisherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Christian Advocate
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Davidson County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Illustrated Catalogue and Classified Book List of the Northwestern Library Association ...
Author: Northwestern Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
New Catholic World
Author: History of the Christian Church
Author: Philip SchaffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 978
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