Defending and Defining the Faith
Defending and Defining the Faith
An Introduction to Early Christian Apologetic Literature
Williams, D. H.
Oxford University Press Inc
07/2020
488
Dura
Inglês
9780190620509
15 a 20 dias
806
Abbreviations
Introduction
I Matters of Definition and Qualification
II The Roman World of Early Christianity
III Construction of Christian Self-Definition
IV Persecution and the Ambiguity of Roman Law
V Earliest Christian Responses
VI Christian Faith and Intellectual Culture
VII Hellenized Antagonism Toward Hellenism
VIII Philosophy as Protagonist
IX Brilliant Diatribe
X Apology as Dialogue and Appeal
XI Clash of the Giants:
XII Divine Judgment in Vindication and Salvation
XIII Apologist Par Excellence
XIV Apologetic as Exhortation
XV The Unexpected Pagan Emperor
XVI Cities in Conflict
XVII Final Anti-Pagan Polemics
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Introduction
I Matters of Definition and Qualification
II The Roman World of Early Christianity
III Construction of Christian Self-Definition
IV Persecution and the Ambiguity of Roman Law
V Earliest Christian Responses
VI Christian Faith and Intellectual Culture
VII Hellenized Antagonism Toward Hellenism
VIII Philosophy as Protagonist
IX Brilliant Diatribe
X Apology as Dialogue and Appeal
XI Clash of the Giants:
XII Divine Judgment in Vindication and Salvation
XIII Apologist Par Excellence
XIV Apologetic as Exhortation
XV The Unexpected Pagan Emperor
XVI Cities in Conflict
XVII Final Anti-Pagan Polemics
Epilogue