The Early Christian World.
Başlık:
The Early Christian World.
Yazar:
Esler, Philip F.
ISBN:
9780203470626
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Basım Bilgisi:
1st ed.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (1369 pages)
Seri:
Routledge Worlds
İçerik:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Volume I PART I: THE CONTEXT -- 1 The Mediterranean context of early Christianity -- 2 Armies, emperors and bureaucrats -- 3 Graeco-Roman philosophy and religion -- 4 Jewish tradition and culture -- PART II: CHRISTIAN ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT -- 5 The Galilean world of Jesus -- 6 Early Jewish Christianity -- 7 Paul and the development of gentile Christianity -- 8 The Jesus tradition: The gospel writers' strategies of persuasion -- 9 Christianity in the second and third centuries -- 10 From Constantine to Theodosius (and beyond) -- PART III: COMMUNITY FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE -- 11 Mission and expansion -- 12 The development of office in the early church -- 13 Christian regional diversity -- 14 Monasticism -- PART IV: EVERYDAY CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE -- 15 Social levels, morals and daily life -- 16 Sex and sexual renunciation -- 17 Women, worship and mission: the church in the household -- 18 Communication and travel -- 19 Worship, practice and belief -- PART V: THE INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE -- 20 The Apostolic Fathers -- 21 The Apologists -- 22 The early theologians -- 23 Later theologians of the Greek East -- 24 Later theologians of the West -- 25 Creeds, councils and doctrinal development -- 26 Biblical interpretation -- Volume II PART VI: THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE -- 27 Architecture: the first five centuries -- 28 Art -- 29 Music -- 30 Imaginative literature -- PART VII: EXTERNAL CHALLENGES -- 31 Martyrdom and political oppression -- 32 Graeco-Roman philosophical opposition -- 33 Popular Graeco-Roman responses to Christianity -- PART VIII: INTERNAL CHALLENGES -- 34 Internal renewal and dissent in the early Christian world -- 35 Gnosticism -- 36 Montanism -- 37 Donatism -- 38 Arianism -- PART IX: PROFILES -- 39 Origen.
40 Tertullian -- 41 Perpetua and Felicitas -- 42 Constantine -- 43 Anthony of the Desert -- 44 Athanasius -- 45 John Chrysostom -- 46 Jerome -- 47 Ambrose -- 48 Augustine -- 49 Ephrem the Syrian -- 50 Julian the Apostate -- Index of biblical references -- Index of classical references -- Index of Jewish references -- Index of patristic references -- Subject index.
Özet:
The Early Christian World presents an exhaustive, erudite, and lavishly-illustrated treatment of how a small movement formed around Jesus in Galilee became the pre-eminent religion of the ancient world.Situating early Christianity within its Mediterranean social, political and religious contexts,the book charts the history of the first Christian centuries. The creation and perpetuation of Christian communities through means including mission and monasticism is then explored, as is the everyday experience of early Christians, through discussion of gender and sexuality, religious practice, communication and social structures. The intellectual (particularly theological) and artistic heritage of the period is fully considered, and a vivid picture provided of the internal and external challenges faced by early Christianity. With profiles of the most notable figures of the age, up-to-date coverage of the most important topics in the study of early Christianity and an invaluable collection of visual material., The Early Christian World is a comprehensive,a ccessible and indispensable resource for everyone studying this period.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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