Ransom of the Soul - Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity

Informationen zum Autor Peter Brown is Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Klappentext Peter Brown explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul between 250 and 650 CE, showing how personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led Church doctrine concerning the afterlife to evolve from speculation to firm reality. This new relationship to money set the stage for the Church's domination of medieval society. Zusammenfassung Peter Brown explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul between 250 and 650 CE! showing how personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led Church doctrine concerning the afterlife to evolve from speculation to firm reality. This new relationship to money set the stage for the Church's domination of medieval society.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Brown
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2018
• EAN: 9780674983977
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98397-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Religion, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Archaeology, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History and Archaeology, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE