The Emergence of Christianity

by Cynthia White

Book Overview

The ancient Romans believed that only proper polytheistic worship could maintain the pax Romana, or Roman Peace. In the first century A.D., a splinter sect of Judaism began to crack this wall, bringing upheaval, persecution, and conversion into the lives of Romans, Jews, Christians, and pagans. This exciting volume explores the emergence of Christianity in Rome during the first four centuries of the Greco-Roman empire, from the first followers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313327998
• ISBN13: 9780313327995
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"