The Ransom of the Soul : : Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity /

The Ransom of the Soul : : Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity / / Peter Brown.

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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year A Tablet Book of the Year Marking a departure in our understanding of Christian views of the afterlife from 250 to 650 CE, The Ransom of the Soul explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul that occurred around the time of Rom...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Brown, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (238 p.) :; 1 map, 2 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • 1. Memory of the Dead in Early Christianity
  • 2. Visions, Burial, and Memory in the Africa of Saint Augustine
  • 3. Almsgiving, Expiation, and the Other World: Augustine and Pelagius, 410–430 AD
  • 4. Penance and the Other World in Gaul
  • 5. The Other World in This World: Gregory of Tours
  • Epilogue: Columbanus, Monasticism, and the Other World
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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