The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries : Essays in Explanation /

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries : Essays in Explanation /

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries: Essays in Explanation attempts to show how contemporary historical scholarship, or rather a selection of its exponents, views the perennial question why a new religion, indeed a new kind of religion, succeeded in subverting the other religions...

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Other Authors: Harris, William V. (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2005.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition ; 27.

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Christian sociology > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

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Summary:The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries: Essays in Explanation attempts to show how contemporary historical scholarship, or rather a selection of its exponents, views the perennial question why a new religion, indeed a new kind of religion, succeeded in subverting the other religions of the Roman Empire in the first three centuries and in the generations immediately following the 'conversion' of the usurper Constantine in 312.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789047427476
9789004147171