The end of ancient Christianity / R.A. Markus.

By: Markus, R. A. (Robert Austin), 1924-2010
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990Description: xvii, 258 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0521327164Subject(s): Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 | Spirituality -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600 | Theology -- Early works to 1800 | Theology -- History -- Early Church, ca. 30-600 | Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 | Spirituality -- Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 | Theology -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 | Spirituality -- Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600Genre/Form: History.DDC classification: 270.2 LOC classification: BR219 | .M37 1990
Contents:
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Inttroduction: 'Secularity' -- PART I: THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY: 'A great multitude no man could number' ; Additional note on the holy man and his chrisma -- Conversion and uncertainty -- Augustine: a defence of Christian mediocrity -- 'Be ye perfect' -- PART II: KAIROI: CHRISTIAN TIMES AND THE PAST: The last times -- The martyrs and sacred time -- Secular festivals in Christian times? ; Additional note on the chronology of Augustine's statements on spectacles -- The Christianisation of time -- PART III: TOPOI: SPACE AND COMMUNITY: Holy places and holy people -- City or desert? Two models of community ; Additional note on the date of Cassian's Thirteenth Conference -- Desert and city: a blurring of frontiers -- The ascetic invasion -- Within sight of the end: retrospect and prospect.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-249) and index.

Preface -- Abbreviations -- Inttroduction: 'Secularity' -- PART I: THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY: 'A great multitude no man could number' ; Additional note on the holy man and his chrisma -- Conversion and uncertainty -- Augustine: a defence of Christian mediocrity -- 'Be ye perfect' -- PART II: KAIROI: CHRISTIAN TIMES AND THE PAST: The last times -- The martyrs and sacred time -- Secular festivals in Christian times? ; Additional note on the chronology of Augustine's statements on spectacles -- The Christianisation of time -- PART III: TOPOI: SPACE AND COMMUNITY: Holy places and holy people -- City or desert? Two models of community ; Additional note on the date of Cassian's Thirteenth Conference -- Desert and city: a blurring of frontiers -- The ascetic invasion -- Within sight of the end: retrospect and prospect.

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