✨VOTING ABOUT GOD Ramsay MacMullen HC Yale University Press Church History Early

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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300115962
ISBN-13
9780300115963
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Number of Pages
192 Pages
Publication Name
Voting about God in Early Church Councils
Language
English
Subject
Christian Church / Administration, Christian Church / History, General
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, History
Author
Ramsay Macmullen
Format
Hardcover

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0 in
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16.4 Oz
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0.9 in
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0.6 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-034666
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"By fine literary detective work, MacMullen reassembles the mobs of bishops who debated, voted, and rioted in the fifteen thousand or so early church councils, tracing the progress of Christianity from a raucous democracy to a harnessed hierarchy."-Garry Wills, Northwestern University, "A wonderfully fresh look at the early Christian councils . . . both scholar and lay reader will find this volume a treasure trove to be savored and enjoyed."--Gaye Strathearn,BYU Studies, "In MacMullen's highly original book we get a sense of what it was like to be at an early church council, how arguments ebbed and flowed, how power was wielded, how participants were intimidated and inspired."--David Brakke, Indiana University, "Ramsay MacMullen has written another provocative and highly original book. He shows how Christian doctrine came to be decided by the democratic votes of bishops, and how the passions that this aroused all too often led to actual violence."�Averil Cameron, Keble College, Oxford University, "Bloodthirsty bishops raining curses on their enemies storm through these pages, then step aside, humbled, allowing MacMullen's cool, sane, and immensely learned analysis to enrich our understanding of the making and fragmenting of Roman imperial Christianity."-James J. O'Donnell, author of Augustine: A New Biography, "In MacMullen�s highly original book we get a sense of what it was like to be at an early church council, how arguments ebbed and flowed, how power was wielded, how participants were intimidated and inspired."�David Brakke, Indiana University, "By fine literary detective work, MacMullen reassembles the mobs of bishops who debated, voted, and rioted in the fifteen thousand or so early church councils, tracing the progress of Christianity from a raucous democracy to a harnessed hierarchy."--Garry Wills, Northwestern University, "Bloodthirsty bishops raining curses on their enemies storm through these pages, then step aside, humbled, allowing MacMullen''s cool, sane, and immensely learned analysis to enrich our understanding of the making and fragmenting of Roman imperial Christianity."-James J. O''Donnell, author ofAugustine:  A New Biography, "Ramsay MacMullen has written another provocative and highly original book. He shows how Christian doctrine came to be decided by the democratic votes of bishops, and how the passions that this aroused all too often led to actual violence."-Averil Cameron, Keble College, Oxford University, "Bloodthirsty bishops raining curses on their enemies storm through these pages, then step aside, humbled, allowing MacMullen''s cool, sane, and immensely learned analysis to enrich our understanding of the making and fragmenting of Roman imperial Christianity."--James J. O''Donnell, author of "Augustine: A New Biography", "In MacMullen's highly original book we get a sense of what it was like to be at an early church council, how arguments ebbed and flowed, how power was wielded, how participants were intimidated and inspired."-David Brakke, Indiana University, "In MacMullen' s highly original book we get a sense of what it was like to be at an early church council, how arguments ebbed and flowed, how power was wielded, how participants were intimidated and inspired."-- David Brakke, Indiana University, "Bloodthirsty bishops raining curses on their enemies storm through these pages, then step aside, humbled, allowing MacMullen's cool, sane, and immensely learned analysis to enrich our understanding of the making and fragmenting of Roman imperial Christianity."--James J. O'Donnell, author of Augustine: A New Biography, "Bloodthirsty bishops raining curses on their enemies storm through these pages, then step aside, humbled, allowing MacMullen''s cool, sane, and immensely learned analysis to enrich our understanding of the making and fragmenting of Roman imperial Christianity."-James J. O''Donnell, author of Augustine: A New Biography, "By fine literary detective work, MacMullen reassembles the mobs of bishops who debated, voted, and rioted in the fifteen thousand or so early church councils, tracing the progress of Christianity from a raucous democracy to a harnessed hierarchy."�Garry Wills, Northwestern University, "Bloodthirsty bishops raining curses on their enemies storm through these pages, then step aside, humbled, allowing MacMullen's cool, sane, and immensely learned analysis to enrich our understanding of the making and fragmenting of Roman imperial Christianity."-James J. O'Donnell, author of Augustine:  A New Biography, "Ramsay MacMullen has written another provocative and highly original book. He shows how Christian doctrine came to be decided by the democratic votes of bishops, and how the passions that this aroused all too often led to actual violence."--Averil Cameron, Keble College, Oxford University, "Ramsay MacMullen has written another provocative and highly original book. He shows how Christian doctrine came to be decided by the democratic votes of bishops, and how the passions that this aroused all too often led to actual violence."--Averil Cameron, Keble College, Oxford University "In MacMullen's highly original book we get a sense of what it was like to be at an early church council, how arguments ebbed and flowed, how power was wielded, how participants were intimidated and inspired."--David Brakke, Indiana University "By fine literary detective work, MacMullen reassembles the mobs of bishops who debated, voted, and rioted in the fifteen thousand or so early church councils, tracing the progress of Christianity from a raucous democracy to a harnessed hierarchy."--Garry Wills, Northwestern University "Bloodthirsty bishops raining curses on their enemies storm through these pages, then step aside, humbled, allowing MacMullen's cool, sane, and immensely learned analysis to enrich our understanding of the making and fragmenting of Roman imperial Christianity."--James J. O'Donnell, author of Augustine: A New Biography, "A wonderfully fresh look at the early Christian councils. . . . Both scholar and lay reader will find this volume a treasure trove to be savored and enjoyed."--Gaye Strathearn, BYU Studies "Read this book for the author's insight into the practical mechanics through which consensus emerged from church councils and the bottom-up view of their proceedings. For students of early Christianity it is a valuable complement to previous scholarly treatments that focused exclusively on well-known ecclesiastical personalities and separated the study of theology from the messy entanglements of late antique civic life."--Jennifer L. Hevelone-Harper, The Historian "If C-SPAN had been broadcasting in the late antique period, Ramsay MacMullen would be the chief color commentator. . . . Here, one finds deep reading, learning, and study. But it is not worn heavily on the sleeves of this academic's gown. Instead, what we have is a highly readable extended essay that is almost conversational but never loses its gravitas ."--Christopher M. Bellitto, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies Recipient of a Lifetime Award for Scholarly Distinction from the American Historical Association "Ramsay MacMullen has written another provocative and highly original book. He shows how Christian doctrine came to be decided by the democratic votes of bishops, and how the passions that this aroused all too often led to actual violence."--Averil Cameron, Keble College, Oxford University "In MacMullen's highly original book we get a sense of what it was like to be at an early church council, how arguments ebbed and flowed, how power was wielded, how participants were intimidated and inspired."--David Brakke, Indiana University "By fine literary detective work, MacMullen reassembles the mobs of bishops who debated, voted, and rioted in the fifteen thousand or so early church councils, tracing the progress of Christianity from a raucous democracy to a harnessed hierarchy."--Garry Wills, Northwestern University "Bloodthirsty bishops raining curses on their enemies storm through these pages, then step aside, humbled, allowing MacMullen's cool, sane, and immensely learned analysis to enrich our understanding of the making and fragmenting of Roman imperial Christianity."--James J. O'Donnell, author of Augustine: A New Biography, "A wonderfully fresh look at the early Christian councils . . . both scholar and lay reader will find this volume a treasure trove to be savored and enjoyed."--Gaye Strathearn, BYU Studies, "Bloodthirsty bishops raining curses on their enemies storm through these pages, then step aside, humbled, allowing MacMullen's cool, sane, and immensely learned analysis to enrich our understanding of the making and fragmenting of Roman imperial Christianity."�James J. O'Donnell, author of Augustine: A New Biography
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
262/.514
Synopsis
In this study, Ramsay MacMullen steps aside from the well-worn path that previous scholars have trod to explore exactly how early Christian doctrines became official. Drawing on extensive verbatim stenographic records, he analyzes the ecumenical councils from A.D. 325 to 553, in which participants gave authority to doctrinal choices by majority vote. The author investigates the sometimes astonishing bloodshed and violence that marked the background to church council proceedings, and from there goes on to describe the planning and staging of councils, the emperors' role, the routines of debate, the participants' understanding of the issues, and their views on God's intervention in their activities. He concludes with a look at the significance of the councils and their doctrinal decisions within the history of Christendom.
LC Classification Number
BV710.M28 2006

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