05193cam a2200769Ki 4500 ocn908192364 OCoLC 20200709060343.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 150430s2015 maub ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T OCLCO E7B YDXCP EBLCP VLB ICA IDB AGLDB UBY YDX OCLCO MOR OCLCQ IOG DEGRU BETBC OCLCQ UUM VNS OCLCF VTS INT OCLCQ LVT STF OL$ JSTOR 966383784 973382592 984658894 985642755 985796867 994572963 1022137091 1032661109 1037636250 9780674286504 (electronic bk.) 0674286502 (electronic bk.) 9780674967588 0674967585 40024810186 10.4159/9780674286504 doi 986220 (N$T) (OCoLC)908192364 (OCoLC)966383784 (OCoLC)973382592 (OCoLC)984658894 (OCoLC)985642755 (OCoLC)985796867 (OCoLC)994572963 (OCoLC)1022137091 (OCoLC)1032661109 (OCoLC)1037636250 22573/ctvjf8189 JSTOR BT821.3 .B76 2015eb REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh HIS 002000 bisacsh HIS 037010 bisacsh 270.2 23 11.51 bcl MAIN Brown, Peter, 1935- The ransom of the soul : afterlife and wealth in early western Christianity / Peter Brown. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015. 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) : maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Includes bibliographical references and index. Memory of the dead in early Christianity -- Visions, burial, and memory in the Africa of Saint Augustine -- Almsgiving, expiation, and the other world: Augustine and Pelagius, 410-430 AD -- Penance and the other world in Gaul -- The other world in this world: Gregory of Tours -- Columbanus, monasticism, and the other world. Marking a departure in our understanding of Christian views of the afterlife from 250 to 650 CE, The Ransom of the Soul explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul that occurred around the time of Rome's fall. Peter Brown describes how this shift transformed the church's institutional relationship to money and set the stage for its domination of medieval society in the West. Early Christian doctrine held that the living and the dead, as equally sinful beings, needed each other in order to achieve redemption. The devotional intercessions of the living could tip the balance between heaven and hell for the deceased. In the third century, money began to play a decisive role in these practices, as wealthy Christians took ever more elaborate steps to protect their own souls and the souls of their loved ones in the afterlife. They secured privileged burial sites and made lavish donations to churches. By the seventh century, Europe was dotted with richly endowed monasteries and funerary chapels displaying in marble splendor the Christian devotion of the wealthy dead. In response to the growing influence of money, church doctrine concerning the afterlife evolved from speculation to firm reality, and personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led to extraordinary feats of architecture and acts of generosity. But it also prompted stormy debates about money's proper use -- debates that resonated through the centuries and kept alive the fundamental question of how heaven and earth could be joined by human agency. Print version record. In English. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Future life Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600. Wealth Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600. RELIGION Christian Church History. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity History. bisacsh Christentum gnd Erlösung gnd Ewiges Leben gnd Wohltätigkeit gnd Stiftung gnd Reichtum gnd RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh 30-600 fast Electronic books. Print version: Brown, Peter, 1935- Ransom of the soul 9780674967588 (DLC) 2014037508 (OCoLC)893709527 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=986220 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=986220 EBSCO Academic Comprehensive Collection De Gruyter DEGR 9780674286504 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3301624 ebrary EBRY ebr11050530 EBSCOhost EBSC 986220 YBP Library Services YANK 12232076 92 N$T 56218 56218