RT Book
T1 Humankind and the cosmos: early Christian representations
T2 Vigiliae Christianae Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae
JF Vigiliae Christianae
A1 Costache, Doru 1967-
LA English
PP Leiden Boston
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1762828928
AB Introduction : the world of the early Christians -- Methodological prolegomena -- Cosmic harmony -- Contemplation of the natural world : the second and the third century -- Contemplation of the natural world : the fourth century -- From the periphery to the centre -- Description and interpretation -- Anthropic perspectives -- Conclusions : yesterday's lessons for today.
AB "In this volume, Costache endeavours to map the world as it was understood and experienced by the early Christians. Progressing from initial fears, they came to adopt a more positive view of the world through successive shifts of perception. This did not happen overnight. Tracing these shifts, Costache considers the world of the early Christians through an interdisciplinary lens, revealing its meaningful complexity. He demonstrates that the early Christian worldview developed at the nexus of several perspectives. What facilitated this process was above all the experience of contemplating nature. When accompanied by genuine personal transformation, natural contemplation fostered the theological interpretation of the world as it had been known to the ancients"--
NO Includes bibliography (Seite: 375-409) and index
CN BT695.5
SN 9789004465954
K1 Nature : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Cosmology, Ancient
K1 Anthropic Principle
K1 Theology : History : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Religion and science : History