Christianity in the later Roman empire : a sourcebook / David M. Gwynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gwynn, David M. (David Morton), 1975- author.

Series:

Bloomsbury sources in ancient history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian literature, Early.

Christianity--Early works to 1800.

Christianity.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xix, 293 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Summary:

"This sourcebook gathers into a single collection the writings that illuminate one of the most fundamental periods in the history of Christian Europe. Beginning from the Great Persecution of Diocletian and the conversion of Constantine the first Christian Roman emperor, the volume explores Christianity's rise as the dominant religion of the Later Roman empire and how the Church survived the decline and fall of Roman power in the west and converted the Germanic tribes who swept into the western empire. These years of crisis and transformation inspired generations of great writers, among them Eusebius of Caesarea, Ammianus Marcellinus, Julian 'the Apostate', Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom, Jerome and Augustine of Hippo. They were also years which saw Christianity face huge challenges on many crucial questions, from the evolution of Christian doctrine and the rise of asceticism to the place of women in the early Church and the emerging relationship between Church and state. All these themes will be made accessible to specialists and general readers alike, and the sourcebook will be invaluable for students and teachers of courses in history and church history, the world of late antiquity, and religious studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Christianity and Rome

The Great Persecution

The Conversion of Constantine

Constantine and the Imperial Church

The Donatist Schism

The Doctrine of the Trinity

Scripture and Liturgy

The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy

Emperor and Bishop

Asceticism and Monasticism

Christianization

Paideia : Christianity and Classical Culture

Christians, Jews and Manichees

Gender and Society

Holy Men and Holy Women

Pilgrimage and Relics

Missionaries and Kings

The City of God

The Christological Controversies

Christianity and the Barbarian Invasions

Epilogue : The Dawn of Medieval Christendom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441122551

1441122559

9781441106261

144110626X

OCLC:

657603092

Publisher Number:

99960458226