Conversion to Christianity from Late Antiquity to the Modern Age: Considering the Process in Europe, Asia, and the Americas

458 Pages·2009·0.53 MB·English

by  Calvin B. Kendall

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Contents
EditoNrost'ea ndA cknowledgments v
Contributors ix
Introduction 1
Prologue 13
ConpcteualCioznivnegri snGi loonbP aelr spective:
froLma tAen titqoEu aer ly Modern
FelFirepneae nzd-Aor mest
1 ConstantCihnroipsCltieitC:ayh n,r isLtainadns cape 45
OliNvieocrlh son
2 PagaannsCd h risitnLi aatAnens t iAqpuher odisias 85
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3 ThCeo nverosfi oAnr maesan !tiLear Waorryk 115
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ModelCionngv erBsedieo'A'nns:t- iC osntantinian'
4 Narraotfti hvCeeo nverosfKi ionEngd win 137
CalBvK.ie nnd all
AP atthoH olinHeasgsi:o g!crT arapnohsrfmation
5 and Ctohnev erosfSi aoiGnnu tt hlac
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ChriAsgtglieearn
TheC omionfCg h risttioRa unsi:t y
6 AutohriazneUddn auotrhiVzeresdi ons 185
JnoahtaSnh epard
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TheN ewC onstantinianism:
LatAen tiPqaurea daingSdmi sx te-eCenntthury
7 Stratfeotgrhi Ceeo sn verosfCi hoinn a 223
PatPrriocvk ost-Smith
ConverEsnigoang,e amneEdnx tt,i rpation:
8 ThrePeh asoefts hE ev agnelizoafNt eiwSo pna 1i2n54,1- 560 259
Jhon Schwaller
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MusaincCd h ristiantihzea tion on
9 NorthFerronn otfNie ewrS pain 293
JhonK oegel
NetwoorfCk osn version:
10C athCoolnigcr egiantt hiMeoa nrsi aInsalsa1 n66d8s1-8,9 8 333
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Epilogue
11C onverisnRi eotnr ospect 361
JhonM .H eadley
Biblpihoyg ra
381
Index
415
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Contributors
ChristAigagne ler.
IndepeSncdheonlta r
FeliFpeer nandAerzm-esto
TuftUsn iversity
Joh.nM H.e adley
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PatriPcrko vo-sStm ith
HarvUanridv ersity
JohnF. Schwaller
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CambrUindigvee rsity
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RobiDna rliYnogu ng
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