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Gibbon's Christianity : religion, reason, and the fall of Rome

Title
Gibbon's Christianity : religion, reason, and the fall of Rome / Hugh Liebert.
Author
Liebert, Hugh
Publication
  • University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 23-172Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
196 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"Explores the life and work of historian Edward Gibbon, and his complex relationship with Christianity, through an examination of his correspondence, private journals, early works, and unfinished memoirs"--
Subject
  • Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 > Religion
  • Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
  • History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward)
  • 30 B.C.-476 A.D
  • 30 B.C.-600 A.D
  • Christianity
  • Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 > Historiography
  • Church history > Primitive and early church > Historiography
  • Historiography
  • Religion
  • Church history
  • Rome > History > Historiography. > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
  • Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.
Contents
Religious controversies and conversions in the time of Gibbon -- Gibbon's autobiographies -- Essai -- The rise of Christianity -- General observations.
Call Number
JFE 23-172
ISBN
  • 9780271092355
  • 0271092351
LCCN
  • 2021054033
  • 40031081087
OCLC
1274198888
Author
Liebert, Hugh, author.
Title
Gibbon's Christianity : religion, reason, and the fall of Rome / Hugh Liebert.
Publisher
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.
Chronological Term
30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Chronological Term
30 B.C.-600 A.D.
Other Standard Identifier
40031081087
Research Call Number
JFE 23-172
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