| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 371 pages) |
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Introduction; PART ONE: ASPECTS OF CONVERSION; 1 Changing Patterns of Conversion in the West; 2 Christianization and Conversion in Northern Italy; 3 Christianity Shaped through its Mission; PART TWO: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF EUROPE; 4 The Sociology of Pre-Constantine Christianity: Approach from the Visible; 5 Early Christian Features Preserved in Western Monasticism; 6 Charism and Office in a Changing Church; 7 Women in the Christianization of the West; PART THREE: LITURGY AND CHRISTIAN FORMATION IN THE ADVENT OF CHRISTENDOM; 8 Catechesis and Initiation |
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9 The Effects of the Coming of Christendom on Early Christian Worship10 Augustine and the Transformation of Baptism; PART FOUR: THEOLOGY AND INCULTURATION; 11 Defining Heresy; 12 Comparative Inculturations; PART FIVE: FINAL THOUGHTS; 13 Epilogue: Approaching Christendom; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
For well over a millennium the civilization of Western Europe was 'Christendom, ' with Christianity the dominant religion, buttressed by social and legal structures. This volume studies Christendom at its origins, bringing the insights of leading scholars in the fields of ancient history, theology, patristics, and liturgy to bear on aspects of Europe's Christianization. From a missiological perspective, the contributors ask what is Christianity's impact upon culture, what is culture's impact upon Christianity? Focusing on the first four centuries, but also looking forward to the future of Chris |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Christianity -- Europe
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Christianity
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Church history -- Primitive and early church
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Christendom.
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Kirchengeschichte 30-600.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Church history.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045633
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| Subject |
Europe
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Europa
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kreider, Alan, 1941-
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| ISBN |
9780567247407 |
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0567247406 |
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1283195461 |
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9781283195461 |
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