Robert Doran

Birth of a Worldview (eBook, ePUB)

Early Christianity in its Jewish and Pagan Context

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Birth of a Worldview is a groundbreaking intellectual history of the making of the worldview that came to define western Christian culture for two millennia. Using a broad range of primary sources, Robert Doran narrates the story of how early thinkers wrestled with philosophical and cultural questions in order to form a view that would make sense of their place in the world. This engaging book will be of interest to scholars, students, and general readers interested in religious studies, ancient history, and intellectual thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780742571662
• Artikelnr.: 39418542

Autorenporträt

Robert Doran is professor of religion at Amherst College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Christians and the Roman World: A Sense of Belonging
Chapter 3 Cosmos: The Quest for Order
Chapter 4 Jews in the Roman Empire
Chapter 5 The First Steps: Articulating Alienation
Chapter 6 The Source of Power
Chapter 7 The Human Condition
Chapter 8 "Neither Male nor Female"