Margins and Peripheries in Christian History: Volume 61

Studies in Church History 61 takes as its theme Margins and Peripheries in Christian History. For most of its existence, Christianity – a religion born on the eastern edge of the Roman Empire – has been influenced by its margins and peripheries. In the history of Christianity, as in other contexts, margins and peripheries are paradoxical concepts. To label something or somewhere as 'marginal' or 'peripheral' is to declare it to be of lesser significance or importance. Yet for Christian churches... Zobrazit více