Closing of the Western Mind The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason

Name: Closing of the Western Mind The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason
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Authors: Charles Freeman

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A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine’s adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization. When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD, he changed the course of European history in ways that continue to have repercussions to the present day. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, he turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority, whether that of the Bible, or the writings of Ptolemy in astronomy and of…

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List price: $18.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.95" long x 1.04" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

A member of the Blue Guides editorial board, Charles Freeman is the author of numerous books, including AD 381 and The Closing of the Western Mind. He lives in Suffolk, England.



Map of the Roman Empire


Introduction


Terminology and Sources



Thomas Aquinas and 'The Triumph of Faith'



The Quest for Certainty



The Quest for Virtue



Changing Political Contexts: Alexander and the Coming of the Hellenistic Monarchies



Absorbing the East, Rome and the Integration of Greek Culture



'All nations look to the majesty of Rome': The Roman Empire at its Height



The Empire in Crisis, the Empire in Recovery: Political Transformations in the Third Century



Jesus



Paul, 'the founder of Christianity'?



'A crowd that lurks in corners, shunning the light': The First Christian Communities



Constantine and the Coming of the Christian State



'But what I wish, that must be the canon': Emperors and the Making of Christian Doctrine



'Enriched by the gifts of matrons': Bishops and Society in the Fourth Century



Six Emperors and a Bishop: Ambrose of Milan



Interlude: Quintus Aurelius Symmachus and the Defence of Paganism



The Ascetic Odyssey



Eastern Christianity and the Emergence of the Byzantine Empire, 395-600



The Emergence of Catholic Christianity in the West, 395-640



'We honour the privilege of silence which is without peril': The Death of the Greek Empirical Tradition



Thomas Aquinas and the Restoration of Reason


Epilogue


Notes


Modern Works Cited in the Text and Notes


Index