This is, in part, because within this category lie multiple forms of devotion to Jesus Christ, multiple phenomena, and multiple permutations in the formative period of Christian history.

Ancient Christianity had an ambivalent stance toward violence.

Students and anyone interested in understanding the now lost world of early Christianity will appreciate this volume's straightforward treatment of this essential background material.

The life, thought, art, and material possessions of the early Christians as reflected in the light of archaeological discoveries. Covers period to 527.

In Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual Recognition Niko Huttunen challenges the interpretation of early Christian texts as anti-imperial documents.

This book will help you reframe common evangelical ideas, including questions Christians face today, such as when it makes sense to read the Bible literally and when God’s truth shines through symbolism how the beliefs and practices of ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

Beginning with an overview of ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish ideas about death, Moss demonstrates that there were many cultural contexts within which early Christian views of martyrdom were very much at home.