TY - BOOK AU - Guy,Laurie TI - Introducing early Christianity: a topical survey of its life, beliefs, and practices SN - 978-0-8308-3942-1 PY - 2011/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - InterVarsity Press KW - Frühchristentum KW - Kirchengeschichte N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - If Paul could see us now : four centuries of dramatic change -- Second-generation Christianity : the churches of the Apostolic Fathers -- Suffering and dying for God : persecution and martyrdom -- Getting organized : ministry and structure -- Getting recognized : Emperor Constantine’s revolution -- Radical discipleship : asceticism and monasticism -- Women in the early church : liberated or confined? -- The emerging shape of worship : Eucharist and liturgy -- Getting in and staying in : baptism and penance -- Exploring the paths : the development of early Christian doctrine -- Mapping the mind of the church : orthodoxy defined ER -