TY - BOOK AU - Kreider,Alan TI - The patient ferment of the early church: the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire SN - 9780801048494 PY - 2016/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Baker Academic KW - Chiesa KW - Storia KW - Età antica KW - sbaa N1 - 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 ER -