The rise of Christian beliefs : the thought world of early Christians /

The rise of Christian beliefs : the thought world of early Christians /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Räisänen, Heikki.
Imprint:	Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2010.
Description:	xxiv, 479 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity -- Origin. Christianity -- Origin. Church history -- Primitive and early church. Theology, Doctrinal -- Early church. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7793463

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ISBN:	9780800662660 (alk. paper) 0800662660 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Summary:	Heikki Risnen offers a historical survey of the "roots and first growth" of the thoughts, values, and practices of the early Christians and explains the evolution of Christian belief in terms of vital adaptations to specific challenges. An ideal textbook for university introductory courses on the New Testament and Early Christianity, The Rise of Christian Beliefs offers chapters discussing "paradigmatic events" -the life and death of Jesus and experiences of Easter, principal figures and groups, last things and afterlife, savior figures and the human condition, ethnicity, identity, and morality, and ritual community life.
Physical Description:	xxiv, 479 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9780800662660 0800662660