Saving Paradise How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire |
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| Author:
| Parker, Rebecca Ann
Brock, Rita Nakashima |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8070-6754-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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An ambitious and surprising examination of the idea of Paradise in the history of Christianity-from the centrality of the idea of this world as a potential Paradise during Antiquity, to the ongoing historical consequences of the ousting of Paradise as the Church began to focus on imperial power.
An ambitious and surprising examination of the idea of Paradise in the history of Christianity-from the centrality of the idea of this world as a potential Paradise during Antiquity, to the ongoing historical consequences of the ousting of Paradise as the Church began to focus on imperial power.