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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “claudia rapp”
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  • Power and People

    Collective Agency in Byzantium

    Edited by Claudia Rapp ...
    Series Book 13 - Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia
    How did people climb the social ladder in the Byzantine empire? Did Byzantium have guilds? What did horse-racing fan clubs in the hippodrome have in common with other social organizations? What causes and what religious and civic motivations united urban dwellers?For too long, Byzantium has been seen as an atomized society dominated by the imperial court in Constantinople. Power and People breaks ... Read more

    $93.49 CAD

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  • Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium

    Monks, Laymen, and Christian Ritual

    by Claudia Rapp ...
    Series series Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture
    Among medieval Christian societies, Byzantium is unique in preserving an ecclesiastical ritual of adelphopoiesis, which pronounces two men, not related by birth, as brothers for life. It has its origin as a spiritual blessing in the monastic world of late antiquity, and it becomes a popular social networking strategy among lay people from the ninth century onwards, even finding application in ... Read more

    $91.19 CAD

  • The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World

    Changing Contexts of Power and Identity

    Edited by Claudia Rapp, H. A. Drake ...
    This volume examines the evolving role of the city and citizenship from classical Athens through fifth-century Rome and medieval Byzantium. Beginning in the first century CE, the universal claims of Hellenistic and Roman imperialism began to be challenged by the growing role of Christianity in shaping the primary allegiances and identities of citizens. An international team of scholars considers ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD

  • Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity

    The Nature of Christian Leadership in an Age of Transition

    by Claudia Rapp ...
    Series Book 37 - Transformation of the Classical Heritage
    Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution of the role of the bishop—as the highest Church official in his city—from model Christian to model citizen. Claudia Rapp's exceptionally learned, innovative, and groundbreaking work traces this transition with a twofold aim: to deemphasize ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

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  • The Century of the Holy Spirit

    100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal, 1901-2001

    by Vinson Synan ...
    A definitive history of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movement and an intriguing reference for persons outside the movement, The Century of the Holy Spirit details the miraculous story of Pentecostal/Charismatic growth--in the U.S. and around the world. This book features five chapters by the premier Pentecostal historian, Vinson Synan, with additional contributions by leading Pentecostal ... Read more

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  • The Myth of Persecution

    How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom

    by Candida Moss ...
    An expert on early Christianity reveals how the early church invented stories of Christian martyrs—and how this persecution myth persists today.According to church tradition and popular belief, early Christians were systematically persecuted by a brutal Roman Empire intent on their destruction. As the story goes, vast numbers of believers were thrown to the lions, tortured, or burned alive because ... Read more

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  • The First Thousand Years

    A Global History of Christianity

    by Robert Louis Wilken ...
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  • The Christian Tradition

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    The Christian Tradition, formerly published by Pearson/Prentice Hall, introduces students at the beginning of the third millennium to a religion that has evolved over and shaped two previous millennia. With particular focus placed on the social and cultural background to this tradition, the text provides a stimulating survey of the history of Christianity from its Jewish roots to the challenges it ... Read more

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  • Classic Spurgeon Sermons Volume 22: 9 Sermons from 1876 (Illustrated Edition)

    by Charles Spurgeon ...
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers". Spurgeon was to 19th century England what D. L Moody was to America. Although Spurgeon never attended theological school, by the age of twenty-one he was the most ... Read more

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  • The Unquenchable Flame

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    Burning pyres, nuns on the run, stirring courage, and comic relief: the Protestant Reformation is a gripping tale, packed with drama. But what motivated the Reformers? And what were they really like?The Unquenchable Flame, a lively, accessible, and fully informative introduction to the Reformation by Michael Reeves, brings to life the movement’s most colorful characters (Martin Luther, Ulrich ... Read more

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