| Description |
viii, 265 pages : map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-251) and indexes. |
| Summary |
"When did Christianity become established as a new religion? What was the early faith's relationship to Jewish and Greek culture? How did early-doctrines come to be? These and many other questions are examined in this introduction to the formative centuries of Christianity." "Written for those who are new to the subject, The Shaping of Christianity surveys the development of the Christian movement in the context of the political, social, and religious milieux of the second through eighth centuries."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
Map: the late antique world -- Chart: Roman emperors -- Chart: Leading figures of the Patristic Period -- Christianity in the Roman world (70-120) -- The Jewish legacy (50-150) -- The Greek legacy (50-170) -- Varieties of syncretism (120-220) -- The painful partitions (150-430) -- Inversion of the Empire (200-500) -- The practice of Christian life (100-600) -- Gods, God, and Christ (381-681) -- Heyday of patristic literature (Mainly 300-550) -- Main developments between 500 and 800. |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism.
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Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Christian literature, Early. (OCoLC)fst00859261
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Church history -- Middle Ages.
(OCoLC)fst01710943
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Church history -- Primitive and early church.
(OCoLC)fst01710945
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Christendom.
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Frühchristentum. (DE-588)4129954-1
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| Chronological Term |
Kirchengeschichte 30-800
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30-1500
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
0809138670 (alkaline paper) |
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9780809138678 (alkaline paper) |
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