Christianizing Asia Minor: Conversion, Communities, and Social Change in the Pre-Constantinian Era

by Paul McKechnie

Paul McKechnie explores how Christianity grew and expanded in Roman Asia over the first three centuries of the religion. Focusing on key individuals, such as Aberkios (Avircius Marcellus) of Hierapolis, he assesses the pivotal role played by Early Christian preachers who, in imitation of Paul of Tarsus, attracted converts through charismatic preaching. By the early fourth century, they had brought many cities and rural communities to a tipping point...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108481469
• ISBN13: 9781108481465
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"