Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 626 g
Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 626 g
ISBN: 978-0-7674-1436-4
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education
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Preface1. Backgrounds to ChristianityOverviewJudaism and the Context of Christian OriginsThe History and Thought of Ancient JudaismThe GreeksGreek HistoryThe Legacy of AlexanderGreek ThoughtRome and Roman ExpansionThe Beliefs and Practices of First-Century JewsJudaism in the Greco-Roman WorldJudaism in PalestineJewish Political PartiesApocalyptic and Jewish Messianic ExpectationSummary2. The Birth of ChristianityOverviewJohn the Baptist and Christian OriginsThe Life and Teachings of JesusThe SourcesChildhood, Baptism, and TemptationsMiraclesTeaching: The Kingdom of God and the Son of ManJesus the RadicalThe PassionThe Resurrection and the Early ChurchPaulPaul's TheologyChristologyJudaismSalvationAn Apocalyptic PreacherTransformation, Freedom, and ResponsibilityChristian CommunityThe Gospel of JohnThe Context of the GospelJohn's TheologySummary3. Christianity in the Roman WorldOverviewZenith and Decline of the EmpireThe First CenturyThe "Five Good Emperors"The Crisis of the Third CenturyDiocletian and ConstantineThe End of the EmpireThe Growth of the ChurchConverts and ConversionPersecutionMartyrs and MartyrdomThe Question of the Lapsed: Cyprian, Novatian, and DonatusEarly Christian WritersJustin MartyrClement of AlexandriaOrigenTertullianThe Beginnings of MonasticismEgypt: Anthony and PachomiusSyria, Palestine, and Asia MinorThe West: Benedict and the Benedictine RuleSummary4. Councils and Creeds: Defining Orthodoxy in Late AntiquityOverviewEstablishing Ecclesiastical AuthorityChallenges: Gnosticism, Marcionism, and MontanismBishops and Apostolic SuccessionThe Creation of the CanonRules of Faith and the Apostle's CreedControversies, Councils, and CreedsMonarchianismThe Arian Controversy and the Council of Nicea (325)The Cappadocian Fathers and the Doctrine of the TrinityThe Christological Controversy and the Council of Chalcedon(451)Theologians of the Fourth and Fifth CenturiesThe Cappadocian FathersJohn ChrysostomJeromeAmbroseAugustineThe Practice of ChristianityHoly DaysBaptism and the EucharistWorshipThe Cult of SaintsSummary5. The Rise of the Church in the Early Middle AgesOverviewThe Western Church, the Franks, and FeudalismThe Merovingians and the ChurchCharlemagneThe Carolingian RenaissanceThe Conversion of Spain, England, and IrelandThe Rise of FeudalismThe Church in the Feudal WorldThe Eastern Church and the Byzantine EmpireJustinianByzantium after JustinianThe Church in the Byzantine WorldThe Conversion of the Goths and SlavsThe Islamic ChallengeMuhammad and IslamThe Growth of Islamic CivilizationDevelopments in the Eastern ChurchThe Seven Ecumenical CouncilsThe Iconoclastic ControversyJohn of DamascusMonasticism and MysticismDevelopments in the Western ChurchEarly Theories of Papal AuthorityGregory the GreatJohn Scotus EriugenaPredestinationThe SacramentsThe Saints and the Virgin MaryThe FilioqueSummary6. The Church and Christian Culture in the High Middle AgesOverviewThe West in the High Middle AgesEconomic, Social, and Political ChangeThe Holy Roman EmpireReform and Revival in the ChurchMonastic ReformPapal Reform under Leo IX and Nicholas IIThe Reform Ideology of Gregory VIIGregory VII, Henry IV, and the Investiture ControversyThe Papal MonarchyAlexander IIIInnocent IIIThe Papacy in the Thirteenth CenturyThe CrusadesBackgroundThe Course of the CrusadesConsequences of the CrusadesScholasticismThe Rise of the UniversitiesAristotleAnselm of CanterburyPeter Abelard