Forms of Devotion

Conversion, Worship, Spirituality, and Asceticism
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-8153-3072-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 780 g

Reihe: Recent Studies in Early Christianity

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ferguson, Everett

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Introduction, Volume Introduction, Conversion and Salvation in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, The Catechetical School of Early Christian Alexandria and Its Philonic Heritage, Justification by Faith in Augustine and Origen, Baptism Portrayed as Martyrdom in the Early Church, On Rebaptism: Social Organization in the Third Century Church, Ulfila's Own Conversion, The Prayer of the Heart in Syriac Tradition, The Spirituality of Chrysostom's Commentary on the Psalms, Augustine's Distinctive Use of the Psalms in the Confessions: The Role of Music and Recitation, Martyr Devotion in the Alexandrian School: Origen to Athanasius, How on Earth Could Places Become Holy? Origins of the Christian Idea of Holy Places, Exegesis and Spirituality in the Writings of Gregory the Great, The Origins of Monasticism, Withdrawing from the Desert: Pachomius and the Development of Village Monasticism in Upper Egypt, New Perspectives on the Origenist Controversy: Human Embodiment and Ascetic Strategies, Evagrius of Pontus' HLetter to Melania I, Monastic Journey According to John Cassian, Acknowledgments

Über Autor(innen)

Everett Ferguson is Professor of Church History Emeritus at Abilene Christian University. A specialist in early Christian history, his work in this field includes the books Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, Studies in Early Christianity, and The Church of Christ: A Biblical Ecclesiology for Today