Defending and Defining the Faith
Download or Read eBook Defending and Defining the Faith PDF written by Daniel H. Williams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Daniel H. Williams |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 485 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780190620509 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0190620501 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Defending and Defining the Faith by : Daniel H. Williams
Book excerpt: In Early Christian Apologetics, D.H. Williams offers a first comprehensive presentation of Christian apologetic literature from the second to the fifth century CE. Williams argues that most apologies were not directed at a pagan readership. In most cases, ancient apologetics had a double object: to instruct the Christian and persuade weak Christians or non-Christians who were sympathetic to Christian claims. Taken cumulatively, he finds, apologetic literature was integral to the formation of the Christian identity in the Roman world
