The Shaping of Christianity
Subtitle: The History and Literature of Its Formative Centuries (100-800)
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: July 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780809138678
Subjects: Christianity; History of religion; Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; History and criticism; Religion; Religion - Church History; Christianity - History - General; Church History; Christian literature, Early; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Primitive and early church, ca
First sentence: Christianity was born along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea; its birth took place in the early decades of the Roman Empire.
Description: "When did Christianity become established as a new religion? What was the early faith's relationship to Jewish and Greek culture? How did early-doctrines come to be? These and many other questions are examined in this introduction to the formative centuries of Christianity."--BOOK JACKET.

"Written for those who are new to the subject, The Shaping of Christianity surveys the development of the Christian movement in the context of the political, social, and religious milieux of the second through eighth centuries."--BOOK JACKET.