MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010019863
003 DLC
005 20130607081650.0
008 100512s2010 ilu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2010019863
020 $a9780830827220 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0830827226 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn624042011
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050 00 $aBR180$b.L45 2010
082 00 $a270.1092$222
100 1 $aLeithart, Peter J.
245 10 $aDefending Constantine :$bthe twilight of an empire and the dawn of Christendom /$cPeter J. Leithart.
260 $aDowners Grove, Ill. :$bIVP Academic,$cc2010.
300 $a373 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $aLeithart reads the original ancient, the seminal secondary, and lots of other sources to contend that Constantine was a believer and a conciliator who sought theological agreement for the political stability it brought. Contra the influential interpretation of Anabaptist theologian John Howard Yoder, Leithart maintains that when Constantine is understood in historical context, his disestablishment of pagan religion opens a place for a Christian understanding of sacrifice and of the significance of the kingdom of God.--From publisher description
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-366) and indexes.
505 00 $tSanguinary edicts --$tJupiter on the throne --$tInstinctu divinitatus --$tBy this sign --$tLiberator ecclesiae --$tEnd of sacrifice --$tCommon bishop --$tNicaea and after --$tSeeds of evangelical law --$tJustice for all --$tOne God, one emperor --$tPacifist church? --$tChristian empire, Christian mission --$tRome baptized.
600 00 $aConstantine$bI,$cEmperor of Rome,$d-337$xInfluence.
650 0 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
651 0 $aRome$xHistory$yConstantine I, the Great, 306-337.