The Ransom of the Soul : Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity
Editorial Harvard University Press
Fecha de edición junio 2018 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780674983977
288 páginas
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Resumen del libro
Peter Brown explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul between 250 and 650 CE, showing how personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led Church doctrine concerning the afterlife to evolve from speculation to firm reality. This new relationship to money set the stage for the Church's domination of medieval society.
