Gibbon's Christianity : religion, reason, and the fall of Rome / Hugh Liebert
- Author:
- Liebert, Hugh
- Published:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2022
- Physical Description:
- 196 pages ; 23 cm
- Contents:
- Religious controversies and conversions in the time of Gibbon -- Gibbon's autobiographies -- Essai -- The rise of Christianity -- General observations.
- Summary:
- "Explores the life and work of historian Edward Gibbon, and his complex relationship with Christianity, through an examination of his correspondence, private journals, early works, and unfinished memoirs"--
- Subject(s):
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794—Religion
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
- History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward)
- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
- Christianity
- Church history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600—Historiography
- Church history—Primitive and early church—Historiography
- Historiography
- Religion
- Rome—History—Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.—Historiography
- Rome (Empire)
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780271092355 (hardback)
0271092351 (hardback) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.
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