Christianity and the Secular
Biography & Memoir, Religious, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Christianity
| Author: | Robert A. Markus | ISBN: | 9780268162030 |
| Publisher: | University of Notre Dame Press | Publication: | February 28, 2006 |
| Imprint: | University of Notre Dame Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert A. Markus |
| ISBN: | 9780268162030 |
| Publisher: | University of Notre Dame Press |
| Publication: | February 28, 2006 |
| Imprint: | University of Notre Dame Press |
| Language: | English |
The history of Christianity has been marked by tension between ideas of sacred and secular, their shifting balance, and their conflict. In Christianity and the Secular, Robert A. Markus examines the place of the secular in Christianity, locating the origins of the concept in the New Testament and early Christianity and describing its emergence as a problem for Christianity following the recognition of Christianity as an established religion, then the officially enforced religion, of the Roman Empire.
The history of Christianity has been marked by tension between ideas of sacred and secular, their shifting balance, and their conflict. In Christianity and the Secular, Robert A. Markus examines the place of the secular in Christianity, locating the origins of the concept in the New Testament and early Christianity and describing its emergence as a problem for Christianity following the recognition of Christianity as an established religion, then the officially enforced religion, of the Roman Empire.
