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Birth of a Worldview
Doran, Robert M., S. J.
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Description for Birth of a Worldview
Hardback. An intellectual history of the making of the worldview that came to define western Christian culture for two millennia. The author narrates the story of how early thinkers wrestled with philosophical and cultural questions in order to form a view that would make sense of their world. Num Pages: 200 pages, map. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Birth of a Worldview is a groundbreaking intellectual history of the making of the worldview that came to define western Christian culture for two millennia. Using a broad range of primary sources, Robert Doran narrates the story of how early thinkers wrestled with philosophical and cultural questions in order to form a view that would make sense of their place in the world. This engaging book will be of interest to scholars, students, and general readers interested in religious studies, ancient history, and intellectual thought.
Birth of a Worldview is a groundbreaking intellectual history of the making of the worldview that came to define western Christian culture for two millennia. Using a broad range of primary sources, Robert Doran narrates the story of how early thinkers wrestled with philosophical and cultural questions in order to form a view that would make sense of their place in the world. This engaging book will be of interest to scholars, students, and general readers interested in religious studies, ancient history, and intellectual thought.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847693702
SKU
V9780847693702
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99-15
About Doran, Robert M., S. J.
Robert Doran is professor of religion at Amherst College.
Reviews for Birth of a Worldview
Through succinct discussion and frequent, extensive citations of primary sources, Doran brings alive the diverse ways Christian intellectuals from the first to the fifth centuries expressed their understanding of the cosmos and their place in it.
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Doran offers us a balanced and insightful tour through the emergence of a distinctively Christian world-view. Seven succinct and readable chapters ... Read more
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Doran offers us a balanced and insightful tour through the emergence of a distinctively Christian world-view. Seven succinct and readable chapters ... Read more