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First published in 1997.
What's new in the Second Edition: Some 250 new entries, twenty-five percent more than in the first edition, plus twenty-five new expert contributors. Bibliographies are greatly expanded and updated throughout; More focus on biblical books and philosophical schools, their influence on early Christianity and their use by patristic writers; More information about the Jewish and pagan environment of early Christianity; Greatly enlarged coverage of the eastern expansion of the faith throughout Asia, including persons and literature; More extensive treatment of saints, monasticism, worship practices, and modern scholars; Greater emphasis on social history and more theme articles; More illustrations, maps, and plans; Additional articles on geographical regions; Expanded chronological table; Also includes maps.
List of contents
Abortion Angels Augustine Catacombs China Constantine (the Great) Demons Divorce Eve Exorcism Gnosticism Homosexuality Image of God India Leo I the Great Madeba Map Marcus Aurelius Monasticism Hammadi Origen Papacy Pilgrimage Purgatory Rule of Faith Sexuality Thomas Virgins
About the author
Everett Ferguson received S.T.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, where he was Honorary John Harvard Fellow. He has taught most of his career at Abilene Christian University, where he has twice been honored in his college as Teacher of the Year. Everett Ferguson has been president of the North American Patristic Society, served on the Council of the American Society of Church History, and is now on the Council of the Association Internationale d'ftudes Patristiques. His books include
Backgrounds of Early Christianity, 2nd ed. (1993),
EarlyChristians Speak, rev. ed. (1987), and (with A.J. Malherbe)
Gregory of Nyssa: Life of Moses(1378). He was founding editor of
The Second Century, co-editor of
Journal of Early Christian Studies, and general editor of Garland's 18-volume
Studies in Early Christianity(1993).
