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The rise of Christian beliefs The rise of Christian beliefs Heikki Räisänen Heikki Raisanen offers a historical survey of the roots and first growth of the thoughts, values, and practices of the early Christians and explains the evolution of Christian belief in terms of vita… OL11733699W
Confessions Confessions Augustine of Hippo Garry Wills’s complete translation of Saint Augustine’s spiritual masterpiece—available now for the first time Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religio… OL137872W
Jesus Wars Jesus Wars Philip Jenkins,John Philip Jenkins Jesus Wars reveals how official, orthodox teaching about Jesus was the product of political maneuvers by a handful of key characters in the fifth century. Jenkins argues that were it not for these co… OL15188596W
Retrieving Nicaea Retrieving Nicaea Khaled Anatolios Khaled Anatolios offers a historically informed theological study of the development of the doctrine of the Trinity, showing its relevance to Christian life and thought today. --from publisher descri… OL16183829W
And man created God And man created God Selina O'Grady At the time of Jesus' birth, thousands of people were leaving their families and tribes behind and flocking into brand new multi-ethnic cities. The world was undergoing the first phase of globalizati… OL16805410W
Beginning to Read the Fathers Beginning to Read the Fathers Boniface Ramsey Excellent read for Protestants and Roman Catholics alike. Patristic studies can easily degrade into "I have more church father quotes than you do" arguments. Fr. Ramsey has done a fine job of maintai… OL1740907W
Augustine mystic and mystagogue Augustine mystic and mystagogue Joseph Reino,Frederick Van Fleteren xi, 648 pages : 23 cm OL19217303W
Early Christian Literature and the Classical Intellectual Tradition Early Christian Literature and the Classical Intellectual Tradition William R. Schoedel,Robert L. Wilken Series: Théologie historique Nº 53 OL19806851W
The Jesus movement The Jesus movement Ekkehard W. Stegemann,Wolfgang Stegemann "This work by two New Testament scholars is the first comprehensive social history of the earliest churches. Integrating the historical and social data, they locate the ancient Galileans, Judeans, an… OL20944065W
"On the ecclesiastical hierarchy" "On the ecclesiastical hierarchy" Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite The medieval fascination with the mysterious language of Dionysius the Areopagite is nowhere more evident than in the thirteenth-century textbook edition of his treatise on liturgical rites. Dionysiu… OL20954511W
Order and (dis)order in the first Christian century Order and (dis)order in the first Christian century F. Gerald Downing Articulate first century Mediterranean society, Jewish and Christian included, expressly favoured harmonious order in society, in individuals, in communication, and in thought. Its common basis was t… OL20957082W
Light from the Gentiles Light from the Gentiles Abraham J. Malherbe Rather than viewing the Graeco-Roman world as the "background" against which early Christian texts should be read, Abraham J. Malherbe saw the ancient Mediterranean world as a rich ecology of diverse… OL20957469W
Gospels Gospels Marinella Perroni,Mercedes Navarro Puerto "This first volume in the New Testament section of the Bible and Women series, devoted to the Synoptic Gospels and the Johannine literature, displays the fruits of collaboration of American and Weste… OL20974535W
Jesus followers in the Roman Empire Jesus followers in the Roman Empire Paul B. Duff "When Jesus of Nazareth began proclaiming the kingdom of God early in the first century, he likely had no intention of starting a new religion, especially one that included former pagans. Yet a new r… OL20975146W
Crispina and Her Sisters Crispina and Her Sisters Christine Schenk 1 online resource (xx, 459 pages) : OL21616368W
Actes et passions des martyrs militaires africains Actes et passions des martyrs militaires africains Juri Leoni,Paul Mattei "Afrique du Nord, fin IIIe - début IVe siècle. À l'aube de la persécution de Dioclétien, une purge vise les chrétiens dans l'armée. Cinq soldats sont ainsi amenés à se déclarer chrétiens après avoir,… OL32319784W
Saving paradise Saving paradise Rita Nakashima Brock A book that restores the idea of Paradise to its rightful place at the center of Christian thoughtWhen Rita Brock and Rebecca Parker began traveling the Mediterranean world in search of art depicting… OL3268497W
God's self-confident daughters God's self-confident daughters Anne Jensen In this study, Anne Jensen provides an exhaustive account of the many roles that women played in the early church and their subsequent marginalization by the later church. This book is required readi… OL3269795W
The First Urban Christians The First Urban Christians Wayne A. Meeks The Pauline Epistles as historical-sociological documents: a balanced, meticulous, fabulously learned study suggesting (despite itself) that when all is said and done Paul still belongs to the believ… OL3912835W
The Forgotten Desert Mothers The Forgotten Desert Mothers Laura Swan Despite the very substantial and continuing interest in women's issues in Christianity and the ceaseless stream of publications for, by, and about Christian women, there has been astonishingly little… OL7798616W
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