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Annotation: Written By A Preeminent Religious Historian, This Book Provides An Introduction To Early Christian Thought. Focusing On Major Figures Such As St. Augustine And Gregory Of Nyssa, As Well As A Host Of Less Well Known Thinkers, Robert Wilken Chronicles The Emergence Of A Specifically Christian Intellectual Tradition. In Chapters On Topics Including Early Christian Worship, Christian Poetry And The Spiritual Life, The Trinity, Christ, The Bible, And Icons, Wilken Shows That The Energy And Vitality Of Early Christianity Arose From Within The Life Of The Church. While Early Christian Thinkers Drew On The Philosophical And Rhetorical Traditions Of The Ancient World, It Was The Versatile Vocabulary Of The Bible That Loosened Their Tongues And Minds And Allowed Them To Construct The World Anew, Intellectually And Spiritually. These Thinkers Were Not Seeking To Invent A World Of Ideas, Wilken Shows, But Rather To Win The Hearts Of Men And Women And To Change Their Lives. Early Christian Thinkers Set In Place A Foundation Thathas Endured. Their Writings Are An Irreplaceable Inheritance, And Wilken Shows That They Can Still Be Heard As Living Voices Within Contemporary Culture. Int

Who reads The spirit of early Christian thought: seeking the face of God?

Author

Wilken, Robert Louis

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300105988

Category

history

Subjects

Christian, Fiction, Political Science

Rating

4.27 / 5 (485 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14