When Jesus Became God The Struggle to Define Christianity During the Last Days of Rome

Name: When Jesus Became God The Struggle to Define Christianity During the Last Days of Rome
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ISBN: 9780156013154

ISBN-10: 0156013150

ISBN-13: 9780156013154

Edition: 1999

Authors: Richard E. Rubenstein

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The story of Jesus is well known, as is the story of Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire. The history of fervent debate, civil strife, and bloody riots within the Christian community as it was coming into being, however, is a side of ancient history rarely described. Richard E. Rubenstein takes the reader to the streets of the Roman Empire during the fourth century, when a fateful debate over the divinity of Jesus Christ is being fought. Ruled by a Christian emperor, followers of Jesus no longer fear for the survival of their monotheistic faith but break into two camps regarding the direction of their worship. Is Jesus the son of God and therefore not the same as God? Or is Jesus…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/10/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

RICHARD E. RUBENSTEIN is professor of conflict resolution and public affairs at George Mason University and an expert on religious conflict. A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, he was a Rhodes Scholar and studied at Oxford University. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.



Preface


Acknowledgements



An Incident in Alexandria



The Silence of Apollo



A Quarrel in God's House



The Great and Holy Council



Sins of the Body, Passions of the Mind



The Broken Chalice



Death in Constantinople



East against West



The Arian Empire



Old Gods and New



When Jesus Became God


Principal Characters


Select Bibliography of Works in English


Notes


Index