Toward a Social Interpretation of Early Christian Apologetics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3489566 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert L Wilken (Fordham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 437-458 |
| Publication date | 1970-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3162925 |
| OpenAlex | W2095648737 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
How did Christianity appear to men and women of the GrecoRoman world when it first began to emerge into public view? What ideas and conceptions were present within Roman "social thought" to identify and define a new phenomenon such as Christianity? What did men "see" when they looked at the Christians? In antiquity no one subjected the Christian movement to a social analysis or took a Gallup poll of popular opinions, but there is some evidence from which to gain an impression of how Christianity appeared to outsiders. As a methodological guideline I take the suggestion made by James Gustafson in hisTreasure in Earthern Vessels
Aesthetics · Apologetics · Archaeology · Christianity · Early Christianity · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Phenomenon · Sociology · Treasure · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious studies
Ecclesiastical history
M. Tulli Ciceronis scripta quae manserunt omnia, Fasc 45, De natura deorum
Philosophie und Christentum
Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety
Enemies of the Roman Order
La basilique pythagoricienne de la Porte Majeure
The Libertine Gnostic Sect of the Phibionites According To Epiphanius
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |