TY  - GEN
T1  - Christianity and the rhetoric of empire : the development of Christian discourse
T2  - Sather classical lectures ;
A1  - Cameron, Averil
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 1991
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm44962666
AB  - 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.
AB  - 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.
OP  - 261
CN  - BR67 .C26 1991eb
SN  - 9780520915503
SN  - 052091550X
SN  - 0585139679
SN  - 9780585139678
SN  - 9780520071605
SN  - 0520071603
SN  - 0520089235
SN  - 9780520089235
KW  - Christian literature, Early : Greek authors : History and criticism.
KW  - Church history : Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
KW  - Theology : History : Early church, ca. 30-600.
KW  - Christianity and other religions : Greek.
KW  - Christianity and other religions : Roman.
KW  - Greece : Religion.
KW  - Rome : Religion.
KW  - Littérature chrétienne primitive : Auteurs grecs : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Église : Histoire : ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
KW  - Théologie : Histoire : ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
KW  - Christianisme : Relations : Religion grecque.
KW  - Christianisme : Relations : Religion romaine.
KW  - Grèce : Religion.
KW  - RELIGION : Christian Church : History.
KW  - RELIGION : Christianity : History.
KW  - Christian literature, Early : Greek authors
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Church history : Primitive and early church
KW  - Greeks : Religion
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Religion
KW  - Romans : Religion
KW  - Theology : Early church
KW  - Greece
KW  - Rome (Empire)
KW  - Vroege kerk.
KW  - Klassieke oudheid.
KW  - Verkondiging.
KW  - Vroegchristelijke literatuur.
KW  - Cultuurverandering.
KW  - Retorica.
KW  - Romeinse rijk.
KW  - Littérature grecque : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Christianisme et civilisation : Histoire : Église : 30-600 (Église primitive)
KW  - Théologie : 30-600 (Église primitive)
KW  - Religion grecque : Relations : Christianisme.
KW  - Rhétorique antique.
KW  - Littérature chrétienne primitive : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Religion romaine : Relations : Christianisme.
KW  - 30-600
KW  - Christianity : History
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
ER  -