David Ivan Rankin

From Clement to Origen

The Social and Historical Context of the Church Fathers

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From Clement to Origen addresses the engagement of a number of pre-Nicene Church Fathers with the surrounding culture. David Rankin considers the historical and social context of the Fathers, grouped in cities and regions, their writings and theological reflections, and discusses how the particular engagement of each with major aspects of the surrounding culture influences, informs and shapes their thought and the articulation of that thought. The social and historical context of the Church Fathers is explored with respect to the Roman state, the imperial office and imperial cult, Greco-Roman class structures and the patron-client system, is… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-317-13242-4
EAN: 9781317132424
Produktnummer: 24380951
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 182 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'983 KB

Über den Autor

David Rankin is an ordained Minister of the Uniting Church in Australia. He is also Principal and Director of Studies in Church History at the church's theological college in Queensland (Trinity Theological College, Brisbane, Australia) and is currently Visiting Fellow in the School of Theology at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Previous publications include: Tertullian and the Church, Cambridge University Press, 1995 (translated into Czech as Tertullianus á Cirkev, CDK Press, Brno, 2002).