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A carregar... The Christians as the Romans Saw Them (1984)por Robert Louis Wilken
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A key text to understand the attitudes of the ancients towards Jews and Christians and refute the laughable arguments raised by charlatans following Judeo-Christianity, the greatest religious fraud in the history of the west. ( ) Mr. Wilken does a fantastic job in his use of source materials in writing the reaction of Greeks & Romans to the rise of Christianity. Obviously the Greeks & Romans were unhappy that Christianity was exploding among slaves & women & they would soon react with violence & murder. Their attempts only served to enhance & spread Christianity which the author presents quite well here. Much of the source material he uses may be new to the reader since these are known only to the scholars who seek them. This is a good read to familiarize one self with little known opponents who hated & despised Christianity & wrote vitriolic rants against it. Amazingly, those who responded actually recorded & preserved those writings in their works Naturally, there are very few books which can leave you feeling that you know less than you did before you started, yet this book left me profoundly frustrated at the thinness of the material delivered, compared to the immensity and significance of the subject. The best portions of of the book attempted to reconstruct the micro-sociology of early Christian groups in terms of the immense network and clubs and friendly societies which were active in Roman life. Maybe it''s just me, but I was a little startled to infer a subtle but continuous sense that the Author -- a sometime Professor at Notre Dame -- felt that the pagan Romans weren't entirely mistaken in mistrusting, and even persecuting the early followers of Jesus. I can take this from a genius like GIbbon, but Wilken fails to convince, if indeed I am at-all right in my inference. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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This book, which includes a new preface by the author, offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans."A fascinating . . . account of early Christian thought. . . . Readable and exciting."-Robert McAfee Brown, New York Times Book Review"Should fascinate any reader with an interest in the history of human thought."-Phoebe-Lou Adams, Atlantic Monthly"The pioneering study in English of Roman impressions of Christians during the first four centuries A.D."-E. Glenn Hinson, Christian Century"This gracefully written study . . . draws upon well-known sources-both pagan and Christian-to provide the general reader with an illuminating account . . . [of how] Christianity appeared to the Romans before it became the established religion of the empire."-Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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