Conversion : the old and the new in religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo /

Conversion : the old and the new in religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nock, Arthur Darby, 1902-1963
Imprint:	Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Description:	xii, 309 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Conversion -- History. Cults -- Rome. Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Church history -- Primitive and early church. Conversion. Cults. Religion. Rome -- Religion. Rome (Empire) History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2968858

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ISBN:	0801859107 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Originally published: London : Oxford University Press, 1933. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

I. The Idea of Conversion
II. The Idea of Conversion and Greek Religion Before Alexander the Great
III. Greeks in the East after Alexander
IV. The Opposite Current
V. The Path to Rome
VI. How Eastern Cults Travelled
VII. The Appeal of These Cults
VIII. The Success of These Cults in the Roman Empire
IX. The Conversion of Lucius
X. The Last Phase
XI. Conversion to Philosophy
XII. The Spread of Christianity as a Social Phenomenon
XIII. The Teachings of Christianity as Viewed by a Pagan
XIV. Three Types of Conversion. Justin, Arnobius, Augustine.