A Political History of Early Christianity

by Brent, Allen

• ISBN13: 9780567031754
• ISBN10: 0567031756
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

In A Political History of Early Christianity Allen Brent examines early Christianity and its triumph in Roman Empire. Starting with the description of the apocalyptic movement of the earliest form of Roman [Markan] Christianity, Brent argues that for Christianity to triumph, it was necessary to replace a radical project of 'root and branch' transformation of present society with one that could appeal to a wider constituency influenced by Graeco-Raman views of divine political order. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Allen Brent was formerly Associate Professor in History in the University of North Queensland, Australia, and is now Affiliated Lecturer in the University of Cambridge, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xiii
The Jesus of History and his Movement, and the Politics of his Day	p. 1
The First Confrontation with Paganism under Nero and the Markan Community	p. 32
The Political Theology of the Augustan Revolution: Cosmic Reconstruction	p. 78
John the Seer's Apocalyptic Response: An Attack on Augustan Cosmic Reconstruction	p. 129
Early Christian Cosmic Reordering: St Luke, Clement and Ignatius	p. 166
The Apologists and the Politics of the Trinity: Logos and Cosmology	p. 209
Cyprian against Decius: Opposing Eschatologies and the Creation of a State within the State	p. 251
Constantine, The Divine Order of the Christian Empire and Its European Legacy	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 292
Index	p. 301
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