LATE ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY | MARY FARRELL BEDNAROWSKI IN SOUTH AFRICA

Series: A People's History Of Christianity Editor: Mary Farrell Bednarowski Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers (2005) ISBN-10: 0800634128 ISBN-13: 9780800634124 Condition: Very Good Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 318 Dimensions: 24 x 18.5 x 2.8 cm +++ by Mary Farrell Bednarowski +++ This volume focuses on the everyday realities of the early Christians. Popular fiction, child rearing and toys, rituals of inclusion, the beginning of veneration of saints and shunning of heretics, the ascetic impulse, food practices - all these, and more lend color and texture to the story of Christianity in its formative stage.