Enlivening the past
Subtitle: an Asian theologian's engagement with the early teachers of faith
By: J. Jayakiran Sebastian.
Edition: 1st Gorgias Press ed.
Series: Gorgias précis portfolios -- v. 3
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
Table of contents: title: Preface vii; title: Why should Asian theologians read texts of the early teachers of faith?; title: Permeating all things with divinity : understandings of Jesus in the second century; title: Martyrs and heretics : women in early Christian traditions; title: Poverty and prosperity : learning from the early church; title: The wounded body in early Christian thought : implications for the care of HIV/AIDS survivors; title: The joy of almsgiving : reading Cyprian today; title: Listening to the speaking Bible : interpreting the use of the Bible in a letter of Cyprian; title: Interrogating forgiveness : what the early church can teach us; title: Facing envy : on being accompanied by the past in hoping to move forward; title: Enduring to the end : persecution, martyrdom, and identity; title: Continually reaching back in order to move forward.