Defending and defining the faith : an introduction to early Christian apologetic literature

Defending and defining the faith : an introduction to early Christian apologetic literature / D. H. Williams.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Daniel H. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
30-600
Apologetics > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Apologetics > History > Early church, ca. 30-600 > Bibliography.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Christian literature, Early > Bibliography.
Apologetics > Early church
Christian literature, Early
bibliographies.
Bibliographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Bibliographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Matters of definition and qualification: an elementary review
  • The Roman world of early Christianity
  • The construction of Christian self-definition
  • Persecution and the ambiguity of Roman law
  • Earliest Christian responses
  • Christian faith and intellectual culture
  • Hellenized antagonism toward Hellenism
  • Philosophy as protagonist
  • Brilliant diatribe
  • Apology as dialogue and apeal
  • Clash of the giants
  • North African apologetics
  • Apologist par excellence
  • Apologetic as exhortation
  • The unexpected pagan emperor
  • Cities in conflict
  • Fifth-century anti-pagan polemic expressions.

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