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

ISBN-13: 9780521595575 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 108 str.

Peter Brown

Opis

The Christianization of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe. Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors that proved decisive and the compromises that made the emergence of the Christian conception of existence possible: how 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 working compromise between the new faith and traditional ways of dealing with the supernatural worlds.

Recenzje

' ... the treatment is fresh and independent'. The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Christianisation: narratives and process; 2. The limits of intolerance; 3. Arbiters of the Holy: the Christian holy man in late antiquity; Notes; Index.