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Birth of a Worldview - Early Christianity in Its Jewish and Pagan Context (Hardcover)
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Birth of a Worldview - Early Christianity in Its Jewish and Pagan Context (Hardcover)
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Every religion represents a worldview, an account of human beings
and their place in the world, of birth and death, of pain and
suffering, of wealth and poverty, of injustice and war. At the dawn
of the Christian era, the first Christian intellectuals wrestled
with these questions, and in Birth of a Worldview, Robert Doran
tells the story of how they worked to make their world
comprehensible. Amid much internal strife, amid the competing
worldviews of Hellenistic paganism and early Judaism, figures from
Justin Martyr to Saint Augustine hammered out what became the
worldview that dominated thought in the Christian West for a
millennium. By illuminating the varieties of views within the early
church and the rich cultural environment in which these views were
contested, Doran reveals a fascinating process that might well have
turned out dramatically differently. In this high-stakes game,
heretics were simply the losers. Among the many riches or this book
are the review of the role of women, the documentation of the
vitality and influence of Jewish intellectual thought, and the
continuing impact of Greek intellectual thought during
Christianity's formative years. In addition, Doran's generous and
effective use of long passages from a wide range of original
sources gives his account a freshness and authenticity not to be
found in other accounts of this period. Birth of a Worldview is a
breakthrough study of the first Christian intellectuals. Scholarly
and engaging throughout, it will attract a wide range of scholars,
students, and general readers in religious studies and ancient
history.
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Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2019 |
First published: |
1995 |
Authors: |
Robert Doran
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
200 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-01179-6 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-367-01179-4 |
Barcode: |
9780367011796 |
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