Conversion : the old and the new in religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo /
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Author / Creator: | Nock, Arthur Darby, 1902-1963 |
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Imprint: | Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. |
Description: | xii, 309 p. ; 22 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2968858 |
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.