Paideia and Cult - Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia

Informationen zum Autor Daniel L. Schwartz is Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University. Klappentext Schwartz's analysis of the Catechetical Homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia explores the role of education and worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization. Catechesis emerges here as invaluable for comprehending clergy's ability to initiate new members as Christianity gained increasing prominence within the late Roman world. Zusammenfassung Schwartz’s analysis of the Catechetical Homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia explores the role of education and worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization. Catechesis emerges here as invaluable for comprehending clergy’s ability to initiate new members as Christianity gained increasing prominence within the late Roman world.

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• Authors: Daniel L Schwartz, Daniel L. Schwartz
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.11.2012
• EAN: 9780674067035
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06703-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Hellenic Studies Series; Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies Series; Hellenic Studies (HUP)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies