Peter Brown (New Jersey Princeton University)

Broschiertes Buch

Authority and the Sacred

Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World

Beschreibung

Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible: how the the old gods of the Roman Empire could be reinterpreted as symbols to further the message of the Church.

Autor

Peter Brown, born in Dublin, Ireland, has taught in history departments at Oxford, the University of London, the University of California (Berkeley), and Princeton University. His principal concern is the rise of Christianity and the transition from the ancient to the early medieval world. His other books include 'Augustine of Hippo', 'The World of Late Antiquity', 'The Body and Society', and 'Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire'.

Produktdetails

• Canto original series
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9780521595575
• ISBN-10: 0521595576
• Artikelnr.: 22319027