This collected volume contains 25 essays by the Church historian Ekkehard MA1/4hlenberg. They focus on the Age of Late Antiquity. The substantive focus is provided by discussions between philosophy and theology in the struggle for a comprehensive understanding of reality. A significant contribution to research is also provided by reflections on the methodology of Church history. The essays are presented under categories such as a oeWhat is Church History?a, a oeThe Notion of God in Philosophy and Theologya, a oeThe Language of Religious Experience and Leading a Christian Lifea .