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Why on Earth Did Anyone Become a Christian in the First Three Centuries
Larry W. Hurtado
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hardcover. The consequences of becoming a Christian in the early Christian movement is set apart from that move from any other religious affiliation. This book explores the growth of adherents to early Christianity; that all across this early period people became adherents of Christianity in the face of the costs and consequences of doing so. Series: The Pere Marquette Lecture in Theology. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114. .
The consequences of becoming a Christian in the early Christian movemen is set apart from that move from any other religious affiliation. You could become a Mithraist or Isiac or whatever, and it made no difference to your previous religious activities and loyalties. You continued to take part in the worship of your inherited deities of household, city, nation. But if you became a Christian you were expected to desist from worship of all other deities. And the ubiquitous place of the gods in all spheres of social and political activity made that difficult, and made for potentially serious ... Read more
The consequences of becoming a Christian in the early Christian movemen is set apart from that move from any other religious affiliation. You could become a Mithraist or Isiac or whatever, and it made no difference to your previous religious activities and loyalties. You continued to take part in the worship of your inherited deities of household, city, nation. But if you became a Christian you were expected to desist from worship of all other deities. And the ubiquitous place of the gods in all spheres of social and political activity made that difficult, and made for potentially serious ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Marquette University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
The Pere Marquette Lecture in Theology
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
WI, United States
ISBN
9781626005044
SKU
V9781626005044
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About Larry W. Hurtado
Dr. Hurtado began his teaching career at Regent College in Vancouver, then to the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg where he founded the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities. He later accepted the professorial chair in New Testament Language, Literature and Theology in the University of Edinburgh where he founded the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins.He ... Read more
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