From Clement to Origen addresses the engagement of a number of preNicene Church Fathers with the surrounding culture. David Rankin considers the historical and social context of the Fathers, grouped in cities and regions, their writings and theological reflections, and discusses how the particular engagement of each with major aspects of the surrounding culture influences, informs and shapes their thought and the articulation of that thought.The social and historical context of the Church Fathers is explored with respect to the Roman state, the imperial office and imperial cult, GrecoRoman class structures and the patronclient system, issues of wealth production and other commercial activity, the major philosophical thinkers in antiquity, and to rhetorical theory and practice and the higher learning of the day.

Author: Rankin, David Ivan
Publisher: Ashgate Gower
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: From Clement to Origen: The Social and Historical Context of the Church Fathers
Pages: 00182 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2006-10-28
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780754657163
Category: History : General