Bibliograph

Mission and conversion, proselytizing in the religious history of the Roman Empire, Martin Goodman

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Mission and conversion, proselytizing in the religious history of the Roman Empire, Martin Goodman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mission and conversion

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

607813761

Responsibility statement

Martin Goodman

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

proselytizing in the religious history of the Roman Empire

Summary

The author offers an explanation of the origins of mission in the Early Church, arguing that mission is not an inherent religious instinct, that in antiquity it was found only sporadically among Jews and pagans, and that even Christians rarely stressed its importance in the early centuries

Target audience

specialized

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