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Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire

The Development of Christian Discourse

Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire( )
Author: Cameron, Averil
Series title:Sather Classical Lectures
ISBN:978-0-520-08923-5
Publication Date:Dec 1994
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $33.95
Book Description:

Many reasons can be given for the rise of Christianity in late antiquity and its flourishing in the medieval world. In asking how Christianity succeeded in becoming the dominant ideology in the unpromising circumstances of the Roman Empire, Averil Cameron turns to the development of Christian discourse over the first to sixth centuries A.D., investigating the discourse's essential characteristics, its effects on existing forms of communication, and its eventual preeminence....
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Book Details
Pages:275
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Christian Living / Personal Growth
Religion / Religion, Politics & State
Religion / Christian Church / History
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.14 x 9.21 x 0.6 Inches
Book Weight:0.9 Pounds



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