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Defending and Defining the Faith

By Williams, D. H.

Defending and Defining the Faith

By Williams, D. H.

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In Early Christian Apologetics, D.H. Williams offers a comprehensive presentation of Christian apologetic literature from the second to the fifth century, considering each writer within the intellectual context of the day. Williams argues that most apologies were not directed at a pagan readership. In most cases, he says, ancient apologetics had a double object: to instruct the Christian and to persuade weak Christians or non-Christians who were sympathetic to Christian claims. Traditionally, scholars of apologetics have focused on the context of persecution in the pre-Constantinian period. By following the links in the intellectual trajectory up though the early fifth century, Williams prompts deeper reflection on the process of Christian self-definition in late antiquity. Taken cumulatively, he finds, apologetic literature was in fact integral to the formation of the Christian identity in the Roman world.
Product details
Number of Pages:
484
Release Date:
2020-05-18
Publication Date:
2020-05-18
Publisher:
OXFORD UNIV PR
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0190620501
ISBN13:
9780190620509
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
886 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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