Publication

2017 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

68,500 words, Guess

Page Count

274 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107194298
  • ISBN-101107194296
  • Library of Congress Control Number2017030639
  • OCLC Control Number982092010
  • Better World Books9781107194298
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Classifications

  • LCCBR165
  • LCCBR182 .C66 2017

Description

In this book, Cavan W. Concannon explores the growth and development of Christianity in the second century. He focuses on Dionysios of Corinth, an early Christian bishop who worked to build a network of churches along trade routes in the eastern Mediterranean. Using archaeological evidence, and analysing Dionysios' fragmentary letter collection, Concannon shows how various networks and collectives assembled together, and how various Christianities emerged and coexisted as a result of tenuous and shifting networks. Dionysios' story also overlaps with key early Christian debates, notably issues of celibacy, marriage, re-admission of sinners, Roman persecution, and the economic and political interdependence of churches, which are also explored in this study. Concannon's volume thus offers new insights into a fluid, emergent Christianity at a pivotal moment of its evolution.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Assembling Early ChristianityCambridge University Press2017

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