02088cam a2200373 a 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000130007301500150008602000150010102000180011602000150013402000180014903500370016704001210020404300300032505000230035508200210037810000300039924500740042926400480050326400110055130000290056233600260059133700280061733800270064550400660067250503590073852004510109765000570154865300700160565500390167510507760OCoLC20190109173917.0840222s1984    ctu      b    001 0 eng    a84003694  aGB84-33400  a0300032161  a9780300032161  a0300036426  a9780300036428  a(OCoLC)10507760z(OCoLC)12469250  aDLCbengcDLCdUKMdNLGGCdBTCTAdLVBdHNWdYDXCPdOCLCGdBAKERdWY@dAU@dOG#dGBVCPdOCLCOdCFTdOCLCFdOCLCQdSGB  ae------aff-----aaw-----00aBR195.E9bM33 198400a270.1220bM478C1 aMacMullen, Ramsay,d1928-10aChristianizing the Roman Empire :b(A.D. 100-400) /cRamsay MacMullen 1aNew Haven :bYale University Press,c[1984] 4c©1984  aviii, 183 pages ;c25 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index0 aProblems of approach -- What pagans believed -- Christianity as presented -- Points of contact, modes of persuasion, before 312 -- Constantine as friend of the church -- Nonreligious factors in conversion -- Evangelical campaigns and publicity, after 312 -- Conversion of intellectuals -- How complete was conversion? -- Conversion by coercion -- Summary  aHow did the early Christian church manage to win its dominant place in the Roman world? In his newest book, an eminent historian of ancient Rome examines this question from a secular rather than an ecclesiastical viewpoint. MacMullen's provocative conclusion is that mass conversions to Christianity were based more on the appeal of miracle or the opportunity for worldly advantages than simply on a "rising tide of Christian piety." - Back cover 0aEvangelistic workxHistoryyEarly church, ca. 30-600  aAncient RomeaChristianityaConversion of non-Christians, 100-400 7aHistory.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01411628