Christianity and the rhetoric of empire : the development of Christian discourse /
Many reasons can be given for the rise of Christianity in late antiquity and its flourishing in the medieval world. In asking how Christianity succeeded in becoming the dominant ideology in the unpromising circumstances of the Roman Empire, Averil Cameron turns to the development of Christian discou...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1991.
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| سلاسل: | Sather classical lectures ;
v. 55. |
| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=13061 |
| الملخص: | Many reasons can be given for the rise of Christianity in late antiquity and its flourishing in the medieval world. In asking how Christianity succeeded in becoming the dominant ideology in the unpromising circumstances of the Roman Empire, Averil Cameron turns to the development of Christian discourse over the first to sixth centuries A.D., investigating the discourse's essential characteristics, its effects on existing forms of communication, and its eventual preeminence. Scholars of late antiquity and general readers interested in this crucial historical period will be intrigued by her exploration of these influential changes in modes of communication. The emphasis that Christians placed on language--writing, talking, and preaching--made possible the formation of a powerful and indeed a totalizing discourse, argues the author. Christian discourse was sufficiently flexible to be used as a public and political instrument, yet at the same time to be used to express private feelings and emotion. Embracing the two opposing poles of logic and mystery, it contributed powerfully to the gradual acceptance of Christianity and the faith's transformation from the enthusiasm of a small sect to an institutionalized world religion. |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xv, 261 pages) : illustrations |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index. |
| ردمك: | 9780520915503 052091550X 0585139679 9780585139678 9780520071605 0520071603 0520089235 9780520089235 |