Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity

by James J. O'Donnell

Book Overview

A provocative and contrarian religious history that charts the rise of Christianity from the point of view of traditional" religion from the religious scholar and critically acclaimed author of Augustine.

Pagans explores the rise of Christianity from a surprising and unique viewpoint: that of the people who witnessed their ways of life destroyed by what seemed then a powerful religious cult. These "pagans" were actually pious Greeks, Romans,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061845353
• ISBN13: 9780061845352
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"