Formation of Christendom

Name: Formation of Christendom
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ISBN: 9781586172398

ISBN-10: 1586172395

ISBN-13: 9781586172398

Edition: 2008

Authors: Christopher Dawson

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The renowned historian Christopher Dawson devoted his long and brilliant career to precisely the kind of historical research of which theologians and churchmen stand in great need, particularly if they are to meet the authentic demands of the ecumenical e

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List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Publication date: 10/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 319
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Christopher Henry Dawson was a British independent scholar, who wrote many books on cultural history and Christendom.

Author's Note	p. 9
Introductory
Introduction to This Study	p. 13
Christianity and the History of Culture	p. 27
The Nature of Culture	p. 39
The Growth and Diffusion of Culture	p. 58
Beginnings of Christian Culture
The Christian and Jewish Idea of Revelation	p. 77
The Coming of the Kingdom	p. 93
Christianity and the Greek World	p. 111
The Christian Empire	p. 126
The Influence of Liturgy and Theology on the Development of Byzantine Culture	p. 146
The Church and the Conversion of the Barbarians	p. 164
Formation of Medieval Christendom: Its Rise and Decline
The Foundation of Europe: The Monks of the West	p. 175
The Carolingian Age	p. 189
Feudal Europe and the Age of Anarchy	p. 202
The Papacy and Medieval Europe	p. 213
The Unity of Western Christendom	p. 226
The Achievement of Medieval Thought	p. 241
East and West in the Middle Ages	p. 263
The Decline of the Medieval Unity	p. 277
Epilogue
The Catholic Idea of a Universal Spiritual Society	p. 295
Index	p. 311
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