Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire

The Development of Christian Discourse

Szerző: Averil Cameron

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: University of California Press

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Many reasons can be given for the rise of Christianity in late antiquity and its flourishing in the...

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Szerző

Averil Cameron

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

1994

oldal

275

EAN

9780520089235

ISBN

0520089235

Enbook ID

04615977

Kiadó

University of California Press

Súly

454

Méretek

167 x 233 x 19

Teljes leírás

Many reasons can be given for the rise of Christianity in late antiquity and its flourishing in the medieval world. In asking how Christianity succeeded in becoming the dominant ideology in the unpromising circumstances of the Roman Empire, Averil Cameron turns to the development of Christian discourse over the first to sixth centuries A.D., investigating the discourse's essential characteristics, its effects on existing forms of communication, and its eventual preeminence. Scholars of late antiquity and general readers interested in this crucial historical period will be intrigued by her exploration of these influential changes in modes of communication. The emphasis that Christians placed on language - writing, talking, and preaching - made possible the formation of a powerful and indeed a totalizing discourse, argues the author. Christian discourse was sufficiently flexible to be used as a public and political instrument, yet at the same time to be used to express private feelings and emotion. Embracing the two opposing poles of logic and mystery, it contributed powerfully to the gradual acceptance of Christianity and the faith's transformation from the enthusiasm of a small sect to an institutionalized world religion.

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