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1、thecambridgehistoryofCHRISTIANITY*Constantinetoc.600ThisvolumeintheCambridgeHistoryofChristianitypresentsthe‘goldenage’ofpatristicChristianity.AfterepisodesofpersecutionbytheRomangovernment,Christianityemergedasalicitreligionenjoyingimperialpatronageandeventuallybecamethefavouredreli
2、gionoftheempire.ThearticlesinthisvolumediscusstherapidtransformationofChristianityduringlateantiquity,givingspecificconsiderationtoartistic,social,literary,philosophical,political,inter-religiousandculturalaspects.Thevolumemovesawayfromsimpledichotomiesandreductiveschematisations(e.g.
3、,‘heresyv.orthodoxy’)towardaninclusivedescriptionofthediversepracticesandtheoriesthatmadeupChristianityatthistime.Whilepropor-tionalattentionisgiventotheemergenceoftheGreatChurchwithintheRomanempire,othertopicsaretreatedaswell–suchasthedevelopmentofChristiancommunitiesoutsidetheempir
4、e.augustinecasidayisLecturerinHistoricalTheology,DepartmentofTheologyandReligiousStudies,UniversityofWales,Lampeter.HeisauthorofEvagriusPonticus(2006)andTraditionandTheologyinStJohnCassian(2006)andassistanteditorofTheCambridgeHistoryofEarlyChristianLiterature(2004).frederickw.norrisi
5、sProfessorEmeritusofWorldChris-tianity,EmmanuelSchoolofReligion.Heisauthorofover200articles,associateeditorwithEverettFergusonoftheEncylope-diaofearlyChristianity(1990,secondedition1997)andco-editorwithA.MalherbeandJ.ThompsonofTheEarlyChurchinitsContext(1998).CambridgeHistoriesOnline
6、©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008thecambridgehistoryofCHRISTIANITYTheCambridgeHistoryofChristianityoffersacomprehensivechronologicalaccountofthedevelopmentofChristianityinallitsaspects–theological,intellectual,social,political,region
7、al,global–fromitsbeginningstothepresentday.Eachvolumemakesasub-stantialcontributioninitsownrighttothescholarshipofitsperiodandthecompleteHistoryconstitutesamajorworkofacademicreference.FarfrombeingmerelyahistoryofWesternEuropeanChristianityanditsoffshoots,theHistoryaimstoprovideaglob
8、alperspectiv
