Retrieving history: memory and identity formation in the early church
Map -- Time line -- Invitation to the past -- Ancient historical writing and the rise of historical literary forms -- History as apologetic: harnessing a usable past -- Martyrology: remembering the martyrs' noble example -- Hagiography: martyrdom as discipleship in early Christian biographies -...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan
Baker Academic
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Evangelical ressourcement: ancient sources for the church's future
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Philosophy of history
/ Remembrance
/ Religious identity
/ Church
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| Further subjects: | B
Church History
Authorship
B Church History Historiography B Identification (religion) B Identity (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity B Memory Religious aspects Christianity |
| Summary: | Map -- Time line -- Invitation to the past -- Ancient historical writing and the rise of historical literary forms -- History as apologetic: harnessing a usable past -- Martyrology: remembering the martyrs' noble example -- Hagiography: martyrdom as discipleship in early Christian biographies -- Ecclesiastical history: the story of the church -- Conclusions and trajectories |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index |
| ISBN: | 080109643X |