Impulsore Chresto

Jakob Engberg

ISBN 10: 3631567782 / ISBN 13: 9783631567784

Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2007

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Impulsore Chresto reassesses opposition to Christianity AD 50-250. The Roman authorities' persecutions have caught the attention of both the public, intrigued by martyrs, and scholars, arguing that executions were relatively rare. This is not challenged, but the executions are placed in context as the most dramatic aspect of a spectrum of opposition including rumors, polemic, harassment and accusations. Such opposition was taken for granted and rarely described. When studying the preserved texts on trials against Christians, however, it appears that even here relatives, plaintiffs, spectators or local officials played crucial roles. There were as many reasons for opposition as opponents, but some motives reappear in clusters: Christians were perceived as superstitious and ungodly, as endangering peace with the gods and social order.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: The Author: Jakob Engberg, Ph.D., is a historian working at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) teaching the History of Christianity and writing on the relations between pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Impulsore Chresto
Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: PAP
Zustand: New