This study is concerned with one central historical problem; the nature of the changes that transformed the intellectual and spiritual horizons of the Christian world from its establishment in the fourth century to the end of the sixth.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; Abbreviations; Part I. The Crisis of Identity: 1. Introduction; 2. A great multitude no man could number; 3. Conversion and uncertainty; 4. Augustine: a defence of Christian mediocrity; 5. 'Be ye perfect'; Part II. Kairoi: Christian Times and the Past: 6. The last times; 7. The martyrs and sacred time; 8. Secular festivals in Christian times?; 9. The christianisation of time; Part III. Topoi: Space and Community: 10. Holy places and holy people; 11. City or Desert? Two models of community; 12. Desert and City: a blurring of frontiers; 13. The ascetic invasion; 14. Within sight of the end: retrospect and prospect; Sources referred to; Secondary literature referred to; Index.
