The ransom of the soul : (Record no. 134866)
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| control field | ocn893709527 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20251028093335.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 141212s2015 maub b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2014037508 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (Sirsi) i9780674967588 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | YDXCP |
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| -- | WIO |
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| -- | VF$ |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780674967588 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0674967585 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)893709527 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BT 821.3 |
| Item number | .B76 2015 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | VF$A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Brown, Peter, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1935- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The ransom of the soul : |
| Remainder of title | afterlife and wealth in early western Christianity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Peter Brown. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Harvard University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xix, 262 pages : |
| Other physical details | maps ; |
| Dimensions | 22 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Memory of the dead in early Christianity -- Visions, burial, and memory in the Africa of Saint Augustine -- Almsgiving, expiation, and the other world: Augustine and Pelagius, 410-430 AD -- Penance and the other world in Gaul -- The other world in this world: Gregory of Tours -- Columbanus, monasticism, and the other world. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Marking a departure in our understanding of Christian views of the afterlife from 250 to 650 CE, The Ransom of the Soul explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul that occurred around the time of Rome's fall. Peter Brown describes how this shift transformed the church's institutional relationship to money and set the stage for its domination of medieval society in the West. Early Christian doctrine held that the living and the dead, as equally sinful beings, needed each other in order to achieve redemption. The devotional intercessions of the living could tip the balance between heaven and hell for the deceased. In the third century, money began to play a decisive role in these practices, as wealthy Christians took ever more elaborate steps to protect their own souls and the souls of their loved ones in the afterlife. They secured privileged burial sites and made lavish donations to churches. By the seventh century, Europe was dotted with richly endowed monasteries and funerary chapels displaying in marble splendor the Christian devotion of the wealthy dead. In response to the growing influence of money, church doctrine concerning the afterlife evolved from speculation to firm reality, and personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led to extraordinary feats of architecture and acts of generosity. But it also prompted stormy debates about money's proper use -- debates that resonated through the centuries and kept alive the fundamental question of how heaven and earth could be joined by human agency. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Future life |
| General subdivision | Christianity |
| -- | History of doctrines |
| Chronological subdivision | Early church, ca. 30-600. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Wealth |
| General subdivision | Religious aspects |
| -- | Christianity |
| -- | History of doctrines |
| Chronological subdivision | Early church, ca. 30-600. |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Storms Research Center | Storms Research Center | Main Collection | 10/28/2025 | BT 821.3 .B76 2015 | 98648964 | 10/28/2025 | 18.60 | 10/28/2025 | Book |