Authority and the Sacred. Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World. - P. Brown
Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World (Canto original series)
KORTE INHOUD
?The first chapter is devoted to an analysis of the dominant narrative of Christianization that circulated widely in Christian circles in the fourth and fifth centuries and that has been repeated, mutatatis mutantis, by many modern historians. (?) Yet, in the Western parts of the empire an alternative narrative was in the process of being constructed by Augustine and a generation of mainly Latin writers; ?the dark counterpoint to the triumphant narrative that circulated in other circles? (pp.22-23). A myth of the ?decline of the Church? was created and employed by these Christian critics (?.). In the second (?) essay Brown seeks to weaken the persuasive power of the narrative of Christianization generated by Christians and pagans alike, to wit, the unholy alliance between authoritarian legislation and a triumphant groundswell of Christian intolerance. (?) In the final essay, Brown revisits familial territory - the ?Lives' of the Christian holy men (?). Here Brown seeks to explain their overall significance f...
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1997Uitgever: Cambridge University Press107 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0521595576ISBN-13: 9780521595575Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge, 1997. 91p. Paperback. Pages a bit yellowed, due to paper quality. Series: Canto. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: BROWN, P.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 1997] [Titel: Authority and the Sacred. Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World.]
