Christianizing the Roman Empire : (A.D. 100-400) /

"How did the early Christian church manage to win its dominant place in the Roman world? In his newest book, an eminent historian of ancient Rome examines this question from a secular rather than an ecclesiastical viewpoint. MacMullen's provocative conclusion is that mass conversions to Ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: MacMullen, Ramsay, 1928-2022 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1984]
Subjects:
30 - 600
Evangelistic work > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Évangélisation > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
HISTORY > General.
Religion.
Evangelistic work > Early church.
Rome > Religion.
Rome (Empire)
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Problems of approach
  • What pagans believed
  • Christianity as presented
  • Points of contact, modes of persuasion, before 312
  • Constantine as friend of the church
  • Nonreligious factors in conversion
  • Evangelical campaigns and publicity, after 312
  • Conversion of intellectuals
  • How complete was conversion?
  • Conversion by coercion
  • Summary.

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