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Christianity and the Roman Empire

  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

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For history enthusiasts and students of early Christianity

Provides rare insights into Christianity's early challenges

You will understand how faith shaped Western history

This book uncovers the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire through primary sources.

The rise of Christianity during the first four centuries of the common era was the pivotal development in Western history and profoundly influenced the later direction of all world history. Yet, for all that has been written on early Christian history, the primary sources for this history are widely scattered, difficult to find, and generally unknown to lay persons and to historians not specially trained in the field. In Christianity and the Roman Empire Ralph Novak interweaves these primary sources with a narrative text and constructs a single continuous account of these crucial centuries. The primary sources are selected to emphasize the manner in which the government and the people of the Roman Empire perceived Christians socially and politically; the ways in which these perceptions influenced the treatment of Christians within the Roman Empire; and the manner in which Christians established their political and religious dominance of the Roman Empire after Constantine the Great came to power in the early fourth century CE. Ralph Martin Novak holds a Masters Degree in Roman History from the University of Chicago.
Christianity and the Roman Empire and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityChristianity and the Roman Empire

  • Title

    Christianity and the Roman Empire

  • Author

    Novak

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    March 2001

  • Weight

    473g

  • Page Count

    352

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9781563383472

  • ISBN-10

    1563383470

  • Eden Code

    1178304