{"product_id":"christian-friendship-in-the-fourth-century-hardback-9780521419079","title":"Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century (Hardback) 9780521419079","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChristian Friendship in the Fourth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis study presents the evidence for theories of Christian friendship as they were developed by the leading fourth-century Church Fathers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarolinne White (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521419079, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 November 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.479 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...interesting and scholarly....White offers her readers a balanced, scholarly, and interesting overview of her topic.\"   Roland J. Teske, Theological Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFriendship was a quality valued highly in ancient Greece and Rome, and was also regarded as highly significant in nascent Christianity. Carolinne White's aim in this study is to describe and compare the ideas about friendship developed by the Christians, whose culture was in many ways dependent upon its pagan background, and thus to develop a coherent picture of how the concept of friendship was understood in the fourth century. The Christian writers discussed are considered against the background of their personal lives and their relations with one another. All of the writers considered had a profound influence on later ages as well as on their own period, which means that the survey provided should be of wide interest both to ancient historians and theologians.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Classical Theories of Friendship\u003cbr\u003e 3. Some Problems of Christian Friendship\u003cbr\u003e 4. Friendship in the lives and thought of Basil and of Gregory of Nazianzus\u003cbr\u003e 5. John Chrysostom and Olympias\u003cbr\u003e 6. Synesius of Cyrene\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ambrose of Milan - Ciceronian or Christian friendship?\u003cbr\u003e 8. St. Jerome\u003cbr\u003e 9. Paulinus of Nola\u003cbr\u003e 10. Monasticism and friendship\u003cbr\u003e 11. St. Augustine.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The Early Church [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The Early Church\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20Early%20Church%20%5BHRCC1%5D%22\"\u003eHRCC1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006130606360,"sku":"9780521419079","price":54.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521419079i_cdffdc33-b853-41fb-b41a-899665b72600.jpg?v=1691381422","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/christian-friendship-in-the-fourth-century-hardback-9780521419079","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}