{"title":"Robert Louis Wilken","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Louis Wilken\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound insights into early Christianity and its intersection with the ancient world. His works explore the cultural and religious landscape of the first millennium, providing a thoughtful examination of how Christians were perceived by their contemporaries and how their faith evolved over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders delving into Wilken's writing can expect a rich blend of historical scholarship and spiritual reflection, illuminating the origins and development of Christian thought within the broader context of religion and spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-christians-as-the-romans-saw-them-by-robert-louis-wilken-9780300098396","title":"The Christians as the Romans Saw Them","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book, which includes a new preface by the author, offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating . . . account of early Christian thought. . . . Readable and exciting.\u003c\/em\u003e — Robert McAfee Brown, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShould fascinate any reader with an interest in the history of human thought.\u003c\/em\u003e — Phoebe-Lou Adams, \u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe pioneering study in English of Roman impressions of Christians during the first four centuries A.D.\u003c\/em\u003e — E. Glenn Hinson, \u003cem\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis gracefully written study . . . draws upon well-known sources—both pagan and Christian—to provide the general reader with an illuminating account . . . [of how] Christianity appeared to the Romans before it became the established religion of the empire.\u003c\/em\u003e — Merle Rubin, \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47559025492204,"sku":"9780300098396","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300098396-the-christians-as-the-romans-saw-them.jpg?v=1776927119"},{"product_id":"the-first-thousand-years-by-robert-louis-wilken-9780300198386","title":"The First Thousand Years","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn authoritative and poignant account of the first millennium of Christian history\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on to remake the civilizations it inhabited, culturally, politically, and intellectually? Beginning with the life of Jesus, Robert Louis Wilken narrates the dramatic spread and development of Christianity over the first thousand years of its history. Moving through the formation of early institutions, practices, and beliefs to the transformations of the Roman world after the conversion of Constantine, he sheds new light on the subsequent stories of Christianity in the Latin West, the Byzantine and Slavic East, the Middle East, and Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a selected narration of particularly noteworthy persons and events, Wilken demonstrates how the coming of Christianity set in motion one of the most profound revolutions the world has known. This is not a story limited to the West; rather, Christian communities in Ethiopia, Nubia, Armenia, Georgia, Persia, Central Asia, India, and China shaped the course of Christian history. The rise and spread of Islam had a lasting impact on the future of Christianity, and several chapters are devoted to the early experiences of Christians under Muslim rule. Wilken reminds us that the career of Christianity is characterised by decline and attrition as well as by growth and expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTen years in the making and the result of a lifetime of study, this is Robert Louis Wilken’s \u003cem\u003esumma\u003c\/em\u003e, a moving, reflective, and commanding account from a scholar at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599432532204,"sku":"9780300198386","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/eb1655027333f4850407c489bc71cf94.jpg?v=1778023122"},{"product_id":"the-spirit-of-early-christian-thought-by-robert-louis-wilken-9780300105988","title":"The Spirit of Early Christian Thought","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this eloquent introduction to early Christian thought, eminent religious historian Robert Louis Wilken examines the tradition that such figures as St. Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, and others set in place. Wilken shows how these early thinkers constructed a new intellectual and spiritual world and can still be heard as living voices in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Magnificently learned and deeply felt ... An attentive reader of Wilken, whether believer or nonbeliever, will be touched anew by his survey of Christian intellectual life.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is not a book written for the academy but for all readers ... Wilken provides for a new generation a sense of what is important about those astonishing teachers of the early church who instructed the ages after them.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Luke Timothy Johnson, America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600402235628,"sku":"9780300105988","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300105988-the-spirit-of-early-christian-thought.jpg?v=1777988263"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/robert-louis-wilken.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}