Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation

Name: Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation
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ISBN: 9780195104660

ISBN-10: 0195104668

ISBN-13: 9780195104660

Edition: 1996

Authors: James C. Russell

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While historians of Christianity have generally acknowledged some degree of Germanic influence in the development of early medieval Christianity, Russell goes further, arguing for a fundamental Germanic reinterpretation of Christianity. This first full-scale treatment of the subject follows a truly interdisciplinary approach, applying to the early medieval period a sociohistorical method similar to that which has already proven fruitful in explicating the history of Early Christianity and Late Antiquity. The encounter of the Germanic peoples with Christianity is studied from within the larger context of the encounter of a predominantly "world-accepting" Indo-European folk-religiosity with…

Book details

Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/20/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 9.17" wide x 6.06" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Abbreviations


Introduction



Toward a Model of Religious Transformation



Transformations of Christianity



Conversion, Christianization, and Germanization



Sociohistorical Aspects of Religious Transformation



Sociopsychological Aspects of Religious Transformation



The Germanic Transformation of Christianity



Germanic Religiosity and Social Structure



Germanization and Christianization: 376-678



Germanization and Christianization: 678-754


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index