Authority & the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World

The Christianisation of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe, yet at the time it was a tentative and piecemeal process. Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible: how the the old gods of the Roman Empire could be reinterpreted as symbols to further the message of the Church.' ... the treatment is fresh and independent.' The Times Literary Supplement'A brilliant book, by a scholar to whom church historians are already deeply indebted, providing ample material for further debates.' The Expository Times

• Author
• Peter R.L. Brown

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 108

• Series
• Canto original

• Publisher
• Cambridge University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780521595575

• Genres
• history, religion, christianity, christian, theology, essays

• Release date
• 1997