The origins of Christendom in the West / 
edited by Alan Kreider. 
 - Edinburgh, Scotland ;  T. and T. Clark,  2001. 
 - xvi, 371p ;  hbk ;   22.5cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1: Aspects of Conversion : Changing patterns of conversion in the West / Alan Kreider --  Christianization and conversion in Northern Italy / Rita Lizzi Testa -- Christianity shaped through its mission / Ramsay MacMullen. Part 2:  Change and continuity in the Christianisation of Europe : The Sociology of Pre-Constantine Christianity: approach from the visible / Wolfgang Wischmeyer -- Early Christian features preserved in Western monasticism / Eoin de Bhaldraithe, OCist. -- Charism and office in a changing church / Christine Trevett -- Women in the Christianization of the West / Anne Jensen. Part 3: Liturgy and Christian formation in the advent of Christendom : Catechesis and Initiation / Everett Ferguson -- The Effects of the coming of Christendom on early Christian Worship / Paul F. Bradshaw -- Augustine and the transformation of baptism / David F. Wright. Part 4: Theology and inculturation : Defining heresy / Rowan Williams -- Comparative inculturations / Antonie Wessels. Part 5 -- Final thoughts : Epilogue: Approaching Christendom / Kate Cooper. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>056708776X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001431818 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA1-Y1020 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Christianity--Europe.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Church history.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>270.1/ORI