Research Catalog

Title

The end of ancient Christianity / R.A. Markus.

Author

Markus, R. A. (Robert Austin), 1924-

Publication

Cambridge, [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Details

Description

xvii, 258 p.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Canto

Uniform Title

Canto (Cambridge University Press)

Subject

• 30-600
• Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• Spirituality > History of doctrines
• Theology > History > Early church, ca. 30-600
• Théologie chrétienne > 30-600 (Église primitive)
• Église > Histoire > 30-600 (Eglise primitive)
• Spiritualité > Histoire des doctrines
• Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• Theology > History > Early church, ca. 30-600

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction: 'secularity'. Part I. The Crisis of Identity. 2. A great multitude no man could number; Additional note on the holy man and his charisma -- 3. Conversion and uncertainty -- 4. Augustine: a defence of Christian mediocrity -- 5. 'Be ye perfect'. Part II. Kairoi: Christian Times and the Past. 6. The last times -- 7. The martyrs and sacred time -- 8. Secular festivals in Christian times?; Additional note on the chronology of Augustine's statements on spectacles --- 9. The christianisation of time. Part III. Topoi: Space and Community. 10. Holy places and holy people -- 11. City or Desert? Two models of community; Additional note on the date of Cassian's thirteenth Conference -- 12. Desert and City: a blurring of frontiers -- 13. The ascetic invasion -- 14. Within sight of the end: retrospect and prospect.

ISBN

0521625106

OCLC

• 39231526
• SCSB-12195242

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library