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1 online resource (360 pages) |
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Routledge Companions |
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Routledge companions.
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| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Part I WORLD; 1 CHRISTIANITY IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD: Socio-political, philosophical, and religious interactions up to the Edict of Milan (ce 313); 2 EARLY CHRISTIANITY AND PHILOSOPHY; 3 GRECO-ROMAN UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIANITY; 4 JEWS AND CHRISTIANS; Part II LITERATURE; 5 IMITATIONS IN LITERATURE AND LIFE: Apocrypha and martyrdom; 6 IGNATIUS AND THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS; 7 JUSTIN AND THE APOLOGISTS; 8 IRENAEUS OF LYONS; 9 ROMAN AND NORTH AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY; 10 CLEMENT AND ALEXANDRIAN CHRISTIANITY; 11 ORIGEN |
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12 GNOSIS AND NAG HAMMADI13 SCHISM AND HERESY: Identity, cracks, and canyons in early Christianity; Part III THOUGHT; 14 GOD; 15 CHRIST: The apostolic Fathers to the third century; 16 REDEMPTION; 17 SCRIPTURE; 18 COMMUNITY AND WORSHIP; INDEX |
| Summary |
The shape and course which Christian thought has taken over its history is largely due to the contributions of individuals and communities in the second and third centuries. Bringing together a remarkable team of distinguished scholars, The Routledge Companion to Early Christian Thought is the ideal companion for those seeking to understand the way in which Early Christian thought developed within its broader cultural milieu and was communicated through its literature, especially as it was directed toward theological concerns. Divided into three parts, the Companion: asks how Christianity's development was impacted by its interaction with cultural, philosophical, and religious elements within the broader context of the second and third centuries. examines the way in which Early Christian thought was manifest in key individuals and literature in these centuries. analyses Early Christian thought as it was directed toward theological concerns such as God, Christ, Redemption, Scripture, and the community and its worship |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Christianity -- Philosophy -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203864517 |
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0203864514 |
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