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Author:

Freeman, Charles, 1947-

Title:

The closing of the Western mind : the rise of faith and the fall of reason / Charles Freeman.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

A.A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xxiii, 432 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Civilization, Western.
Christianity--Influence.
Church and state--Europe--History.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Civilization, Western--Classical influences.
Hellenism.
Europe--History--To 476.
Europe--History--476-1492.
Europe--Intellectual life.
Civilisation occidentale.
Christianisme--Influence.
Église et État--Europe--Histoire.
Église--Histoire--ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Église--Histoire--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Civilisation occidentale--Influence ancienne.
Hellénisme.
Europe--Histoire--Jusqu'à 476.
Europe--Histoire--476-1492.
Europe--Vie intellectuelle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index.

Contents:

Thomas Aquinas and "the triumph of faith" -- The quest for certainty -- The quest for virtue -- Changing political contexts : Alexander and the coming of the Hellenistic monarchies -- Absorbing the East, Rome and the integration of Greek culture -- "All nations look to the majesty of Rome" : the Roman empire at its height -- The empire in crisis, the empire in recovery : political transformations in the third century -- Jesus -- Paul, "the founder of Christianity"? -- "A crowd that lurks in corners, shunning light" : the first Christian communities -- Constantine and the coming of the Christian state -- "But what I wish, that must be canon" : emperors and the making of Christian doctrine -- "Enriched by the gifts of matrons" : bishops and society in the fourth century -- Six emperors and a bishop : Ambrose of Milan -- Interlude : Quintus Aurelius Symmachus and the defence of paganism -- The ascetic odyssey -- Eastern Christianity and the emergence of the Byzantine Empire, 395-600 -- The emergence of Catholic Christianity in the West, 395-640 -- "We honour the privilege of silence which is without peril" : the death of the Greek empirical tradition -- Thomas Aquinas and the restoration of reason.

Summary:

520 A radical reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity in 368 AD on the later Roman world, and on Western civilization. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, Constantine turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority. Only a thousand years later, with the Renaissance and the emergence of modern science, did Europe begin to free itself from the effects of Constantine's decision, yet the effects of his establishment of Christianity as a state religion remain with us, in many respects, today.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

9781400040858
140004085X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51306061

LCCN:

2002044821

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

POAX626 -- Jessop-Bruner Library (University Park)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)