The Ransom of the Soul: Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk) af Peter Brown

The Ransom of the Soul: Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: Peter Brown

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Peter Brown explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul between 250 and 650 CE, showing how personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led Church doctrine concerning the afterlife to evolve from speculation to firm reality. This new relationship to money set the stage for the Church's domination of medieval society.

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Forlag Harvard University Press
Forfatter Peter Brown
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 11-06-2018
Første udgivelsesår 2018
Illustrationer 1 map, 2 tables
Originalsprog United States
Sideantal 288
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag Harvard University Press
Sideoplysninger 288 pages, 1 map, 2 tables
Mål 210 x 138 x 21
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9780674983977