Pagans : the end of traditional religion and the rise of Christianity / James J. O'Donnell.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Edition: First editionDescription: x, 273 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780061845352
  • 0061845353
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR 128 .A2 O36 2015
Contents:
Part I. Religion without a history. The tour guide's version -- The games of the century -- An eloquent man who loved his country -- What is a god? -- Divine butchery -- Ways of knowing -- The specter of atheism -- Gods at home -- Divine exaltation -- Part II. The history of paganism. Constantine in his world -- A new leaf -- The birth of paganism -- The baptism of paganism -- The first Christian emperor -- The servant of Christianity -- The triumph of paganism -- What remained -- Cicero reborn -- A Roman religion.
Summary: Looks at the history of the rise of Christianity as experienced by the adherents of the traditional religions of the ancient world who directly experienced the major disruptions brought about by the rise of what they viewed as an upstart cult.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index.

Part I. Religion without a history. The tour guide's version -- The games of the century -- An eloquent man who loved his country -- What is a god? -- Divine butchery -- Ways of knowing -- The specter of atheism -- Gods at home -- Divine exaltation -- Part II. The history of paganism. Constantine in his world -- A new leaf -- The birth of paganism -- The baptism of paganism -- The first Christian emperor -- The servant of Christianity -- The triumph of paganism -- What remained -- Cicero reborn -- A Roman religion.

Looks at the history of the rise of Christianity as experienced by the adherents of the traditional religions of the ancient world who directly experienced the major disruptions brought about by the rise of what they viewed as an upstart cult.

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