Skip to main content alibris logo

Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World

by

Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World - Brown, Peter
Filter Results
Shipping
Item Condition
Seller Rating
Other Options
Change Currency

The Christianisation of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe, yet at the time it was a tentative and piecemeal process. Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible: how the the old gods of the Roman Empire could be reinterpreted as symbols to further the message of the Church. Peter Brown also shows how Christian holy men were less representative of a triumphant faith than negotiators of a ...

loading
Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World 1997, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521595575

Trade paperback

Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World 1995, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521499040

Trade paperback