In so-called Christian countries an increasing number of people openly reject Christian morality. It is a commonplace that they do this for values that can be s

Papers presented at the Fourteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2003 (see also Studia Patristica 39, 41, 42 and 43). The success

Provides an introduction to the academic study of early Christianity (c. 100-600 AD) and examines the vast geographical area impacted by the early church, in We

This volume offers the most comprehensive survey available of the philosophical background to the works of early Christian writers and the development of early