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The patient ferment of the early church : the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire / Alan Kreider.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2016.Description: xiii, 321 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801048494
  • 0801048494
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • BQX 251.K74 2016
Contents:
Part 1. Growth and patience. The improbable growth of the church -- The good of patience -- Push and pull -- Part 2. Ferment. Christians as agents of growth -- Communities as cultures of patience -- Part 3. Forming the habitus. Catechesis and baptism -- Worship -- "Wise doves" in the Didascalia apostolorum -- Part 4. The transformation of patience. The impatience of Constantine -- Augustine and the just impatience.

Include bibliografia (p. 297-313) e indice.

Part 1. Growth and patience. The improbable growth of the church -- The good of patience -- Push and pull -- Part 2. Ferment. Christians as agents of growth -- Communities as cultures of patience -- Part 3. Forming the habitus. Catechesis and baptism -- Worship -- "Wise doves" in the Didascalia apostolorum -- Part 4. The transformation of patience. The impatience of Constantine -- Augustine and the just impatience.