Stoicism in early Christianity

Highlighting the place of Stoic teaching in early Christian thought, an international roster of scholars challenges the prevailing view that Platonism was the most important philosophical influence on early Christianity. They suggest that early Christians were more often influenced by Stoicism than by Platonism, an insight that sheds new light on the relationship between philosophy and religion at the birth of Christianity.

Year

2010

Language

English

Publisher

Hendrickson Publishers

Editions

4

Pages

301

ISBN

9781598564457

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