Conversion: The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo - Couverture souple

Nock, Prof A. D. D.

 
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Synopsis

Originally published in 1933, Conversion is a seminal study of the psychology and circumstances of conversion from about 500 B.C.E. to about 400 A.D. A.D. Nock not only discusses early Christianity and its converts, but also examines non-Christian religions and philosophy, the means by which they attracted adherents, and the factors influencing and limiting their success. Christianity succeeded, he argues, in part because it acquired and adapted those parts of other philosophies and religions that had a popular appeal.

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À propos de l?auteur

Arthur Darby Nock (1902-1963) was the Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion at Harvard University. He was for years one of the world's leading authorities on the religions of later antiquity. He is also the author of Early Gentile Christianity and Its Hellenistic Background and Essays on Religion and the Ancient World.

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9781481311588: Conversion: The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1481311581 ISBN 13 :  9781481311588
Editeur : Baylor University Press, 2019
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