The origins of Christendom in the West / edited by Alan Kreider.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Kreider, Alan, 1941-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvi, 371 p.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: i Changing Patterns of Conversion in the West -- Alan Kreider -- z Christianization and Conversion in Northern Italy -- Rita Lizzi Testa -- 3 Christianity Shaped through its Mission -- Ramsay MacMullen -- PART TWO -- CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE -- CHRISTIANIZATION OF EUROPE -- 4 The Sociology of Pre-Constantine Christianity: -- Approach from the Visible -- Wolfgang Wischmeyer -- 5 Early Christian Features Preserved in Western -- Monasticism -- Eoin de Bhaldraithe, OCist. -- 6 Charism and Office in a Changing Church -- Christine Trevett -- Women in the Christianization of the West -- Anne Jensen -- v -- PART THREE -- LITURGY AND CHRISTIAN FORMATION -- IN THE ADVENT OF CHRISTENDOM -- 8 Catechesis and Initiation -- Everett Ferguson -- 9 The Effects of the Coming of Christendom on -- Early Christian Worship -- Paul F. Bradshaw -- io Augustine and the Transformation of Baptism -- David F. Wright -- PART FOUR -- THEOLOGY AND INCULTURATION -- 11 Defining Heresy -- Rowan Williams -- 12 Comparative Inculturations -- Antonie Wessels -- PART FIVE -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- I3 Epilogue: Approaching Christendom -- Kate Cooper -- Contributors -- Index.