Early Christianity & Patristics
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The Christianization of the Late Roman Period: Cities, Churches, Synagogues, Palaces, Private Houses and Monasteries in the Early Christian Period [Hardback]
Beat Brenk (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828722
Published by : Pindar Press
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A collection of papers which have appeared during the last 10 to 15 years which aim to explain the phenomenon of Christianisation based on the examination of religious, social and economic case studies. Brenk traces the transformation of the l... .... Learn More -
On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity [Paperback]
John Peter Kenney (Author)
£17.99ISBN: 9781501313981
Published by : Bloomsbury
Series: Reading Augustine
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Reading Augustine is a new line of books offering personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars. The aim of the series is to make clear Augustine's importance to contemporary thought and to present Au... .... Learn More -
Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: A Study of Jacob of Serugh [Hardback]
Philip Michael Forness (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9780198826453
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies
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Preaching formed one of the primary, regular avenues of communication between ecclesiastical elites and a wide range of society. Clergy used homilies to spread knowledge of complex theological debates prevalent in late antique Christian discourse.... .... Learn More -
Apatheia and Anthropology in Evagrius of Pontus [Hardback]
Monica Tobon (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9781409464396
Published by : Routledge
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Evagrius of Pontus (c.345-399 CE) has been renowned for his spiritual insight and psychological acumen ever since his lifetime, and despite his condemnation for heresy in the sixth century exercised a defining influence on the development of both ... .... Learn More -
Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies [Hardback]
Anna Marmodoro (Editor); Neil B. McLynn (Editor)
£70.00ISBN: 9780198826422
Published by : Oxford University Press
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Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies brings together an interdisciplinary team of historians, classicists, philosophers, and theologians to offer a holistic exploration of the thought of Gregory of Nyssa. ... .... Learn More -
Alexander the Great in the Early Christian Tradition: Classical Reception and Patristic Literature [Hardback]
Christian Thrue Djurslev (Author)
£69.00ISBN: 9781788311649
Published by : I.B. Tauris
Series: Library of Classical Studies
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What has Alexander the Great to do with Jesus Christ? Or the legendary king's conquest of the Persian Empire (335-23 BCE) to do with the prophecies of the Old Testament? In many ways, the early Christian writings on Alexander and his legacy provid... .... Learn More -
Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity [Hardback]
Emilie van Opstall (Editor)
£121.00ISBN: 9789004368590
Published by : Brill
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Sacred Thresholds. The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity offers a far-reaching account of boundaries within pagan and Christian sanctuaries: gateways in a precinct, outer doors of a temple or church, inner doors of a cella. The study of thes... .... Learn More -
Monastic Education in Late Antiquity: The Transformation of Classical Paideia [Hardback]
Lillian I. Larsen (Editor); Samuel Rubenson (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9781107194953
Published by : Cambridge University Press
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In re-examining the Christianization of the Roman Empire and subsequent transformation of Graeco-Roman classical culture, this volume challenges conventional ways of understanding both the history of Christian monasticism and the history of educat... .... Learn More -
Beyond Intolerance: The Meeting of Milan of 313 AD and the Evolution of Imperial Religious Policy from the Age of the Tetrarchs to Julian the Apostate [Paperback]
Davide Dainese (Editor); Viola Gheller (Editor)
£120.00ISBN: 9782503574493
Published by : Brepols
Series: Studi E Testi Tardoantichi
Volume: 14
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313 AD is generally considered as a "turning point" in religious and political Western history. The meeting of Constantine and Licinius in Milan and the subsequent "edict" not only recognised to the Christians the right to asse... .... Learn More -
On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity [Hardback]
John Peter Kenney (Author)
£54.00ISBN: 9781501313998
Published by : Bloomsbury
Series: Reading Augustine
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Reading Augustine is a new line of books offering personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars. The aim of the series is to make clear Augustine's importance to contemporary thought and to present Au... .... Learn More
