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050		4	_aBR 128 .A2 _bO36 2015
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100	1		_aO'Donnell, James J., _d1950- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPagans : _bthe end of traditional religion and the rise of Christianity / _cJames J. O'Donnell.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c[2015]
264		4	_c�2015
300			_ax, 273 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index.
505	0		_aPart 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.
520			_aLooks 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.
650		0	_aChurch history _yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
650		0	_aChristianity and other religions _zRome.
650		0	_aPaganism _zRome.
651		0	_aRome _xReligion.
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