TY - BOOK AU - Guy,Laurie TI - Introducing early Christianity: a topical survey of its life, beliefs, and practices SN - 083082698X (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BR165 .G89 2004 U1 - 270.1 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - InterVarsity Press KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; If Paul could see us now : four centuries of dramatic change -- Second-generation Christianity : the churches of the Apostolic Fathers -- Suffering and dying for God : persecution and martyrdom -- Getting organized : ministry and structure -- Getting recognized : Emperor Constantine's revolution -- Radical discipleship : asceticism and monasticism -- Women in the early church : liberated or confined? -- The emerging shape of worship : Eucharist and liturgy -- Getting in and staying in : baptism and penance -- Exploring the paths : the development of early Christian doctrine -- Mapping the mind of the church : orthodoxy defined UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0417/2004008466.html ER -