The ransom of the soul : afterlife and wealth in early western Christianity /

Marking a departure in our understanding of Christian views of the afterlife from 250 to 650 CE, The Ransom of the Soul explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul that occurred around the time of Rome's fall. Peter Brown describes how this shift transformed the church...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Peter, 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Temas:
30-600
Future life > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Wealth > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christentum
Erlösung
Ewiges Leben
Wohltätigkeit
Stiftung
Reichtum
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Memory of the dead in early Christianity
  • Visions, burial, and memory in the Africa of Saint Augustine
  • Almsgiving, expiation, and the other world: Augustine and Pelagius, 410-430 AD
  • Penance and the other world in Gaul
  • The other world in this world: Gregory of Tours
  • Columbanus, monasticism, and the other world.

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