TY  - BOOK
AU  - McKechnie,Paul
TI  - The first Christian centuries: perspectives on the early church 
SN  - 0830826777
AV  - BR162.3 .M39 2001
U1  - ARCH YNDC 270.1 M478F 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Downers Grove, Ill.
PB  - InterVarsity Press
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Roman
KW  - Rome
KW  - Religion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index; Introduction : Christians from a distant perspective -- First-century Christianity : the source debate -- First-generation Christianity -- Initial growth, incipient persecution -- The second Christian generation -- Second- and third-century Christianity : another source debate -- Persecution and anti-Christian polemic -- An enclave : Caesar's palace -- Gnosticism and Christian diversity -- Women and Christianity -- The great persecution and Constantine
N2  - "The value of this study lies not in providing a comprehensive narrative of the origins and growth of the early church. It lies in critically examining key historical issues in sustained conversation with contemporary scholarship and the ancient sources. McKechnie will be valued by both students and scholars of early Christianity as an intelligent and informed companion who offers repeated and valuable insights into this critical era of Christian beginnings."--Jacket
ER  -