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Defending and defining the faith : an introduction to early Christian apologetic literature / D.H. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Daniel H., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apologetics--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Apologetics.
- Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- In 'Defending and Defining Faith', D.H. Williams offers a comprehensive presentation of Christian apologetic literature from the second to the fifth century CE. Williams argues that most apologies were not directed at a pagan readership. In most cases, ancient apologetics had a double object: to instruct the Christian and persuade weak Christians or non-Christians who were sympathetic to Christian claims. Taken cumulatively, he finds, apologetic literature was integral to the formation of the Christian identity in the Roman world.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 15, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-062053-6
- 0-19-062051-X
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