Among the gentiles : Greco-Roman religion and Christianity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnson, Luke Timothy
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2009]
Series:	Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
Subjects:	Christianity and other religions > Early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity and other religions > Paganism > History > Early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity and other religions > Greek > History > Early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity and other religions > Roman > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.

Table of Contents:

Beyond attack and apology : a new look at an old debate
Beginning a new conversation
A preliminary profile of Greco-Roman religion
Religion as participation in divine benefits : Aelius Aristides
Religion as moral transformation : Epictetus
Religion as transcending the world : Poimandres
Religion as stabilizing the world : Plutarch
Ways of being Jewish in the Greco-Roman world
The appearance of Christianity in the Greco-Roman world
New Testament Christianity as participation in divine benefits
New Testament Christianity as moral transformation
Christianity in the second and third centuries : participation in divine benefits
Moral transformation in second- and third-century Christianity
Transcending the world in second- and third-century Christianity
Stabilizing the world in second- and third-century Christianity
After Constantine : Christianity as imperial religion.