At the origins of Christian worship : the context and character of earliest Christian devotion / Larry W. Hurtado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurtado, Larry W., 1943-2019.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Worship--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Worship.

History.

Worship--Early church.

Physical Description:

x, 138 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2000.

Summary:

"At the Origins of Christian Worship" can deepen readers' understanding of early Christian worship by setting it within the context of the Roman world in which it developed. Hurtado highlights the two central characteristics of earliest Christian worship: its exclusive rejection of the ancient-world gods and its inclusion of Christ with God as the focus of devotion.

Notes:

Originally published: Carlisle, Cumbria, UK : Paternoster Press, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [119]-138).

ISBN:

0802847498

OCLC:

44133065