Birth of a Worldview: Early Christianity in its Jewish and Pagan Context

Robert Doran

doi:10.5771/9780742571662

Summary

Birth of a Worldview is a groundbreaking intellectual history of the making of the worldview that came to define western Christian culture for two millennia. Using a broad range of primary sources, Robert Doran narrates the story of how early thinkers wrestled with philosophical and cultural questions in order to form a view that would make sense of their place in the world. This engaging book will be of interest to scholars, students, and general readers interested in religious studies, ancient history, and intellectual thought.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/1999
Copyright Year: 1999
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8476-9370-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7425-7166-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 183
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Timeline No access
4. Map No access
1. The Mustard-Seed Fallacy No access
2. The Worldview Approach No access
1. Christianity Before Constantine No access
2. Christianity After Constantine No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Suggestions for Further Reading No access
1. The Cosmos as a Living Body No access
2. Pagans on Christians No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Suggestions for Further Reading No access
1. Jews in Diaspora No access
2. Jews and Christians No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Suggestions for Further Reading No access
1. Christians and the Hebrew Scriptures No access
2. Way of Life No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Suggestions for Further Reading No access
1. The Christian Divine Realm No access
2. The Divine-Human Nexus No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Suggestions for Further Reading No access
1. The Rejection of Genesis/Generation No access
2. The Acceptance of Genesis No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Suggestions for Further Reading No access
1. Women and Leadership Roles No access
2. The Feminine God No access
3. Suggestions for Further Reading No access
Conclusion No access Pages 157 - 158
Abbreviations No access Pages 159 - 160
Notes No access Pages 161 - 166
Bibliography No access Pages 167 - 172
About the Book and Author No access Pages 173 - 174
Index No access Pages 175 - 183