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020 _a0061845353 (hardcover)
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050 1 4 _aBR128.A2
_bO36 2015
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100 1 _aO'Donnell, James Joseph,
_d1950-
245 1 0 _aPagans :
_bthe end of traditional religion and the rise of Christianity /
_cJames J. O'Donnell.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bEcco,
_c[2015]
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _ax, 273 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aReligion without a history. The tour guide's version ; The games of the century ; An eloquent man who loved his country ; What is a god? ; Divine butchery ; Ways of knowing ; The specter of atheism ; Gods at home ; Divine exaltation -- The history of paganism. Constantine in his world ; A new leaf ; The birth of paganism ; The baptism of paganism ; The first Christian emperor ; The servant of Christianity ; The triumph of paganism ; What remained ; Cicero reborn ; A Roman religion.
520 _aLooks at the history of the rise of Christianity as experienced by the adherents of the traditional religions of the ancient world who directly experienced the major disruptions brought about by the rise of what they viewed as an upstart cult.
650 0 _aChurch history.
650 0 _aPaganism.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Ancient.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Christianity / History.
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