The Christians as the Romans Saw Them; Second Edition,9780300098396

The Christians as the Romans Saw Them; Second Edition

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780300098396
ISBN10: 0300098391
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2003-04-10
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary

This book, which includes a new preface by the author, offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans.

Author Biography

Robert Louis Wilken is William R. Kenan Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Virginia. He is a past president of the American Academy of Religion and the North American Patristic Society, and the author of many books

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Abbreviations xxiii
Pliny: A Roman Gentleman
1(30)
The Making of a Roman Official
2(6)
Travels of a Provincial Governor
8(7)
A Christian Association
15(10)
Offerings of Wine and Incense
25(6)
Christianity as a Burial Society
31(17)
Church or Political Club?
32(3)
A Sense of Belonging
35(6)
A Bacchic Society
41(3)
An Obscure and Secret Association
44(4)
The Piety of the Persecutors
48(20)
Roman Religion and Christian Prejudice
50(4)
The Practice of Religion
54(8)
``We Too Are A Religious People''
62(6)
Galen: The Curiosity of a Philosopher
68(26)
Philosophy and Medicine
69(3)
Christianity as a Philosophical School
72(5)
The Practice of Philosophy
77(6)
The Arbitrary God of Christians
83(11)
Celsus: A Conservative Intellectual
94(32)
Begging Priests of Cybele and Soothsayers
95(6)
The Deficiencies of Christian Doctrine
101(7)
Demythologizing the Story of Jesus
108(4)
An Apostasy from Judaism
112(5)
Religion and the Social Order
117(9)
Porphyry: The Most Learned Critic of All
126(38)
In Defense of Plato
128(9)
The Jewish Scriptures
137(7)
The Christian New Testament
144(4)
Philosophy from Oracles
148(8)
The Religion of the Emperor
156(3)
Jesus Not A Magician
159(1)
An Unreasoning Faith
160(4)
Julian the Apostate: Jewish Law and Christian Truth
164(33)
The Emperor's Piety
166(5)
Greek Education and Christian Values
171(5)
Against the Galilaeans
176(3)
The Tribal God of Jews and Christians
179(5)
An Apostasy from Judaism
184(13)
Epilogue 197(10)
Suggestions for Further Reading 207(4)
Index 211

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