Christianity and Paganism in The Fourth to Eighth Centuries </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>MacMullen, Ramsay</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1928-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">9:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Yale University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>1997</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>282tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Ramsay MacMullen investigates the transition from paganism to Christianity between the fourth and eighth centuries. He reassesses the triumph of Christianity, contending that it was neither tidy nor quick, and he shows that the two religious systems were both vital during an interactive period that lasted far longer than historians have previously believed...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Ramsay MacMullen</note> <subject> <topic>Paganism -- History</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Church - History - ca 30-600 (Early Church)</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>History -- Christianity</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">270.2</classification> <classification authority="ddc">R178-M17</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780300071481, 0300071485</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11036/christianity.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11036/christianity.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg"/> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070952.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>