Authority and the sacred: aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman world
The Christianisation of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe, yet at the time it was a tentative and piecemeal process. Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world'...
| Altri titoli: | Authority & the Sacred |
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1992.
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| In: | Anno: 1992 |
| Recensioni: | Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World. Peter Brown (1997) (Gallagher, Eugene V.)
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| Periodico/Rivista: | Canto original series
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| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Römisches Reich
/ Cristianizzazione
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Church history ; Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
B Rome Religione B Church history, Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 B Rome ; Religion |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
Erscheint auch als: 9780521595575 |
| Riepilogo: | The Christianisation of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe, yet at the time it was a tentative and piecemeal process. Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible: how the the old gods of the Roman Empire could be reinterpreted as symbols to further the message of the Church. Peter Brown also shows how Christian holy men were less representative of a triumphant faith than negotiators of a working compromise between the new faith and traditional ways of dealing with the supernatural worlds. Preface -- 1. Christianisation : narratives and processes -- 2. The limits of intolerance -- 3. Arbiters of the holy : the Christian holy man in late antiquity -- Notes -- Index |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 91 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-80235-5 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511802355 |
