Early Controversies and the Growth of Christianity (Praeger Series on the Ancient World)
• Brings early Christian lives and writings to life, covering the four centuries from the Apostle Paul to Augustine• Demystifies some poorly understood events in early Christianity and demonstrates that it has never has been a monolithic, one-size-fits-all faith• Maps of Paul's journeys, of the cities that Ignatius of Antioch visited, and of the Roman and Persian Empires• Photographs including Caravaggio'sConversion of Paul, the Chi-Rho symbol, the Arian Baptistry in Ravenna Italy, the Arch of Constantine, the Altar of Victory, and Van Dyck'sAmbrose• An overall chronology and a separate chronology for each chapter"Kaatz (history, California State East Bay Campus, Hayward) offers a lucid guide to the texts, doctrines, and personalities defining what, by the early fifth century, became mainstream Christianity. . . . general readers and upper-division undergraduates in courses on early Christian history, personalities, and doctrines will benefit most from this handsomely produced volume. Summing Up: Recommended."-Choice