Mission and conversion: proselytizing in the religious history of the roman empire
Auteur :
Goodman, Martin
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198263876
Date de publication :
28 déc. 1995
Dimensions :
21,4 x 13,9 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
285 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This text tackles a central problem of Jewish and comparative religious history: proselytization and the origins of mission in the Early Church. The author offers a controversial theory that mission is not an inherent religious instinct, and that its importance was rarely stressed in antiquity.