Early Christianity in Contexts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early Christianity in Contexts write by William Tabbernee. This book was released on 2014-11-18. Early Christianity in Contexts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This major work draws on current archaeological and textual research to trace the spread of Christianity in the first millennium. William Tabbernee, an internationally renowned scholar of the history of Christianity, has assembled a team of expert historians to survey the diverse forms of early Christianity as it spread across centuries, cultures, and continents. Organized according to geographical areas of the late antique world, this book examines what various regions looked like before and after the introduction of Christianity. How and when was Christianity (or a new form or expression of it) introduced into the region? How were Christian life and thought shaped by the particularities of the local setting? And how did Christianity in turn influence or reshape the local culture? The book's careful attention to local realities adds depth and concreteness to students' understanding of early Christianity, while its broad sweep introduces them to first-millennium precursors of today's variegated, globalized religion. Numerous photographs, sidebars, and maps are included.
Backgrounds of Early Christianity
Backgrounds of Early Christianity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Backgrounds of Early Christianity write by Everett Ferguson. This book was released on 2003. Backgrounds of Early Christianity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. New to this expanded & updated edition are revisions of Ferguson's original material, updated bibliographies, & a fresh dicussion of first century social life, the Dead Sea Scrolls & much else.
The Early Christian World
The Early Christian World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Early Christian World write by Philip F. Esler. This book was released on 2002-09-11. The Early Christian World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Early Christian World presents an exhaustive, erudite and lavishly illustrated treatment of how the small movement which formed around Jesus in Galilee became the pre-eminent religion of the ancient world. The work begins by firmly situating early Christianity within its Mediterranean social, political and religious contexts, before charting the history of the first Christian centuries. The creation and perpetuation of Christian communities through various means, including mission and monasticism, is explored, as is the everyday experience of early Christians, through discussion of gender and sexuality, religious practice, communication and social structures. The intellectual (particularly theological) and artistic heritage of the period is fully considered, and a vivid picture painted of the internal and external challenges faced by early Christianity. The book concludes with profiles of the most notable figures of the age. Comprehensive and accessible, Early Christian World provides up-to-date coverage of the most important topics in the study of early Christianity, together with an invaluable collection of visual material. It will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying this period
At the Origins of Christian Worship
At the Origins of Christian Worship - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook At the Origins of Christian Worship write by Larry W. Hurtado. This book was released on 2000-09-07. At the Origins of Christian Worship available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "At the Origins of Christian Worship" can deepen readers' understanding of early Christian worship by setting it within the context of the Roman world in which it developed. Hurtado highlights the two central characteristics of earliest Christian worship: its exclusive rejection of the ancient-world gods and its inclusion of Christ with God as the focus of devotion.
The Religious Context of Early Christianity
The Religious Context of Early Christianity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Religious Context of Early Christianity write by Hans-Josef Klauck. This book was released on 2003. The Religious Context of Early Christianity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Klauck's is a uniquely well-informed and comprehensive guide to the world of religion in the Graeco-Roman environment of early Christianity. Drawing on the most up-to-date scholarship, his volume paints a carefully nuanced portrait of the Christians' religious context. Besides describing ordinary domestic and civic religion and popular belief (including astrology, divination and "magic"), there is extended discussion of mystery cults, ruler and emperor cults, the religious dimensions of philosophy, and Gnosticism. An authoritative work, Klauck's will become a new standard for reference and teaching.
