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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b3270766.
- catalog coverage "Greece Religion.".
- catalog coverage "Rome Religion.".
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "How Many Rhetorics? -- Showing and Telling -- Stories People Want -- The Power over the Past -- The Rhetoric of Paradox -- Toward a New Representation -- Envoi.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-254) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xv, 261 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520071603 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0520089235 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Sather classical lectures ; v. 55".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "Greece Religion.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Religion.".
- catalog subject "270.1 20".
- catalog subject "BR67 .C26 1991".
- catalog subject "Christian literature, Early Greek authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Greek.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Roman.".
- catalog subject "Church history Primitive and early church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Theology Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Theology History Early Church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Theology History Early church, ca. 30-600.".
- catalog tableOfContents "How Many Rhetorics? -- Showing and Telling -- Stories People Want -- The Power over the Past -- The Rhetoric of Paradox -- Toward a New Representation -- Envoi.".
- catalog title "Christianity and the rhetoric of empire : the development of Christian discourse / Averil Cameron.".
- catalog type "text".