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- catalog abstract "Every religion represents a worldview, an account of human beings and their place in the world, of birth and death, of pain and suffering, of wealth and poverty, of injustice and war. At the dawn of the Christian era, the first Christian intellectuals wrestled with these questions, and in Birth of a Worldview, Robert Doran tells the story of how they worked to make their world comprehensible. Amid much internal strife, amid the competing worldviews of Hellenistic paganism and early Judaism, figures from Justin Martyr to Saint Augustine hammered out what became the worldview that dominated thought in the Christian West for a millennium. By illuminating the varieties of views within the early church and the rich cultural environment in which these views were contested, Doran reveals a fascinating process that might well have turned out dramatically differently. In this high-stakes game, heretics were simply the losers. Among the many riches of this book are the review of the role of women, the documentation of the vitality and influence of Jewish intellectual thought, and the continuing impact of Greek intellectual thought during Christianity's formative years. In addition, Doran's generous and effective use of long passages from a wide range of original sources gives this volume a freshness and authenticity not to be found in other accounts of this period. Birth of a Worldview is a breakthrough study of the first Christian intellectuals. Scholarly and engaging throughout, it will attract a wide range of scholars, students, and general readers in religious studies and ancient history.".
- catalog contributor b7841803.
- catalog coverage "Rome Religion.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Every religion represents a worldview, an account of human beings and their place in the world, of birth and death, of pain and suffering, of wealth and poverty, of injustice and war. At the dawn of the Christian era, the first Christian intellectuals wrestled with these questions, and in Birth of a Worldview, Robert Doran tells the story of how they worked to make their world comprehensible. Amid much internal strife, amid the competing worldviews of Hellenistic paganism and early Judaism, figures from Justin Martyr to Saint Augustine hammered out what became the worldview that dominated thought in the Christian West for a millennium. By illuminating the varieties of views within the early church and the rich cultural environment in which these views were contested, Doran reveals a fascinating process that might well have turned out dramatically differently. In this high-stakes game, heretics were simply the losers. Among the many riches of this book are the review of the role of women, the documentation of the vitality and influence of Jewish intellectual thought, and the continuing impact of Greek intellectual thought during Christianity's formative years. In addition, Doran's generous and effective use of long passages from a wide range of original sources gives this volume a freshness and authenticity not to be found in other accounts of this period. Birth of a Worldview is a breakthrough study of the first Christian intellectuals. Scholarly and engaging throughout, it will attract a wide range of scholars, students, and general readers in religious studies and ancient history.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-172) and index.".
- catalog description "The Mustard-Seed Fallacy -- The Worldview Approach -- Christians and the Roman World: A Sense of Belonging -- Christianity Before Constantine -- Christianity After Constantine -- Cosmos: The Quest for Order -- The Cosmos as a Living Body -- Pagans on Christians -- Jews in the Roman Empire -- Jews in Diaspora -- Jews and Christians -- The First Steps: Articulating Alienation -- Christians and the Hebrew Scriptures -- Way of Life -- The Source of Power -- The Christian Divine Realm -- The Divine-Human Nexus -- The Human Condition -- The Rejection of Genesis/Generation -- The Acceptance of Genesis -- "Neither Male nor Female" -- Women and Leadership Roles -- The Feminine God.".
- catalog extent "ix, 183 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Birth of a worldview.".
- catalog identifier "0813387450 (hc. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0813387469 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Birth of a worldview.".
- catalog isPartOf "Explorations (Boulder, Colo.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Explorations".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press,".
- catalog relation "Birth of a worldview.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Religion.".
- catalog subject "270.1 20".
- catalog subject "BR166 .D67 1995".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Judaism.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Roman religion.".
- 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 "Judaism Relations Christianity.".
- catalog subject "Theology History Early church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Theology History Early church, ca. 30-600.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Mustard-Seed Fallacy -- The Worldview Approach -- Christians and the Roman World: A Sense of Belonging -- Christianity Before Constantine -- Christianity After Constantine -- Cosmos: The Quest for Order -- The Cosmos as a Living Body -- Pagans on Christians -- Jews in the Roman Empire -- Jews in Diaspora -- Jews and Christians -- The First Steps: Articulating Alienation -- Christians and the Hebrew Scriptures -- Way of Life -- The Source of Power -- The Christian Divine Realm -- The Divine-Human Nexus -- The Human Condition -- The Rejection of Genesis/Generation -- The Acceptance of Genesis -- "Neither Male nor Female" -- Women and Leadership Roles -- The Feminine God.".
- catalog title "Birth of a worldview : early Christianity in its Jewish and Pagan context / Robert Doran.".
- catalog type "text".