Origins to Constantine /

Origins to Constantine / edited by Margaret M. Mitchell and Frances M. Young ; assistant editor, K. Scott Bowie. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xlv, 740 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - The Cambridge history of Christianity ; v. 1 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 590-682) and index.

The political, social, and religious setting -- The Jesus movements -- Community traditions and self-definition -- Regional varieties of Christianity in the first three centuries -- The shaping of Christian theology -- 'Aliens' become citizens : towards imperial patronage.

0521812399 (hardback) 9780521812399 (hardback)

2005012926


Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

BR165 / .O66 2006

270.1