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A political history of early Christianity / Allen Brent.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : T & T Clark, 2009.Description: xviii, 326 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780567031747 (hbk.)
  • 0567031748 (hbk.)
  • 0567031756 (pbk.)
  • 9780567031754 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.70901 22
LOC classification:
  • BR166 .B73 2009
Other classification:
  • BO 2100
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Jesus of History and His Movement, and the Politics of His Day -- 2. The First Confrontation with Paganism Under Nero and the Markan Community -- 3. The Political Theology of the Augustan Revolution : Cosmic Reconstruction -- 4. John the Seer's Apocalyptic Response : An Attack on Augustan Cosmic Reconstruction -- 5. Early Christian Cosmic Reordering : St Luke, Clement and Ignatius -- 6. The Apologists and the Politics of the Trinity : Logos and Cosmology -- 7. Cyprian Against Decius : Opposing Eschatologies and the Creation of a State Within the State -- 8. Constantine, the Divine Order of the Christian Empire and its European Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: "In A Political History of Early Christianity Allen Brent examines early Christianity and its triumph in Roman Empire. Starting with the description of the apocalyptic movement of the earliest form of Roman [Markan] Christianity, Brent argues that for Christianity to triumph, it was necessary to replace a radical project of 'root and branch' transformation of present society with one that could appeal to a wider constituency influenced by Graeco Roman views of divine political order." --Book Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-299) and index.

Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Jesus of History and His Movement, and the Politics of His Day -- 2. The First Confrontation with Paganism Under Nero and the Markan Community -- 3. The Political Theology of the Augustan Revolution : Cosmic Reconstruction -- 4. John the Seer's Apocalyptic Response : An Attack on Augustan Cosmic Reconstruction -- 5. Early Christian Cosmic Reordering : St Luke, Clement and Ignatius -- 6. The Apologists and the Politics of the Trinity : Logos and Cosmology -- 7. Cyprian Against Decius : Opposing Eschatologies and the Creation of a State Within the State -- 8. Constantine, the Divine Order of the Christian Empire and its European Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index

"In A Political History of Early Christianity Allen Brent examines early Christianity and its triumph in Roman Empire. Starting with the description of the apocalyptic movement of the earliest form of Roman [Markan] Christianity, Brent argues that for Christianity to triumph, it was necessary to replace a radical project of 'root and branch' transformation of present society with one that could appeal to a wider constituency influenced by Graeco Roman views of divine political order." --Book Jacket.

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