Cover image for expansion of Christianity : A gazetteer of its first three centuries.
expansion of Christianity : A gazetteer of its first three centuries.
Title:
expansion of Christianity : A gazetteer of its first three centuries.
Author:
Mullen, R.L.
ISBN:
9789047402329
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (423 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE: CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN ASIA BEFORE 325 C.E. -- Palestine -- Syria Phoenice -- Syria Proper -- Arabia -- (Roman) Mesopotamia -- Assyria and Babylonia -- Persia -- India and Bactria -- Isauria, Cilicia, and Cyprus -- Dioecesis of Asia -- Dioecesis of Pontica -- Pontus Polemoniacus, Colchis, and Transcaucasian Iberia -- Armenia Major -- PART TWO: CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE BEFORE 325 C.E. -- Dioecesis of Thrace -- North and Northwest Coasts of the Black Sea -- Greece -- Province Dalmatia -- Moesia Superior -- Dacia Traiana -- Pannonia -- Dioecesis of the City of Rome -- Dioecesis of Italy -- Noricum -- Raetia -- Germania (Superior and Inferior) -- Gaul -- Britannia -- Hispania -- PART THREE: CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA BEFORE 325 C.E. -- Egypt -- Cyrenaica and Libya -- Africa Proconsularis -- Numidia -- Mauretania Sitifensis -- Mauretania Caesariensis -- Mauretania Tingitana -- Unlocatable Christian Communities in North Africa -- Ethiopia (Aksum) to the mid-Fourth Century -- Maps: Unplaced Sites -- Bibliography and Abbreviations -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Though Christianity is generally considered a western religion, even by Christians living in Asia, Mullen (religious studies, U. of Birmingham) points out that none of the early but possible sites of Christianity are in Europe, nor anywhere near the areas that many historians would consider to be the Christian heartland. He takes as the cut-off dat.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Electronic Access:
Click to View
Holds: Copies: