CHRISTIANITY AND ROMAN SOCIETY by Gillian Clark ( 9780521633109 )

Item Details

Title:

CHRISTIANITY AND ROMAN SOCIETY

By:

Gillian Clark

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£78.00

Our price:

£68.25

Discount:

12.5% off

You save:

£9.75

ISBN 10:

0521633109

ISBN 13:

9780521633109

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

13 December, 2004

Series:

Key Themes in Ancient History

Pages:

152

Description:

Introduces the student to the role of the Christian tradition in the Roman world.

Synopsis:

Early Christianity in the context of Roman society raises important questions for historians, sociologists of religion and theologians alike. This work explores the differing perspectives arising from a changing social and academic culture. Key issues concerning early Christianity are addressed, such as how early Christian accounts of pagans, Jews and heretics can be challenged and the degree to which Christian groups offered support to their members and to those in need. The work examines how non-Christians reacted to the spectacle of martyrdom and to Christian reverence for relics. Questions are also raised about why some Christians encouraged others to abandon wealth, status and gender-roles for extreme ascetic lifestyles and about whether Christian preachers trained in classical culture offered moral education to all or only to the social elite. The interdisciplinary and thematic approach offers the student of early Christianity a comprehensive treatment of its role and influence in Roman society.

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

AUGUSTINE (HB)

AUGUSTINE (PB)

AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS BOOKS I-IV (PB)

BODY AND GENDER, SOUL AND REASON IN LATE ANTIQUITY

BODY AND GENDER, SOUL AND REASON IN LATE ANTIQUITY (HB)

CHRISTIANITY AND ROMAN SOCIETY