{"product_id":"romes-age-of-revolution-augustus-empire-and-the-making-of-christianity-tim-whitmarsh","title":"Rome's Age of Revolution Augustus, Empire and the Making of Christianity - Tim Whitmarsh","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-extra-large\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9783791380117 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-details-description\" class=\"right-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe compelling, provocative account of how the Christian religion conquered the Roman Empire and how Rome in turn shaped Christianity: it’s the story of how religion and politics combined to lay the foundations for the Western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow did Christianity, starting out as a minor offshoot of Judaism, grow into an international faith that shaped the world as we know it?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRome’s Age of Revolution\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecorrects the triumphalist narrative that the Christian message was so persuasive, and indeed superior, that people converted in huge numbers, abandoning their pagan beliefs, thereby turning a small persecuted sect into the state religion of the Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTim Whitmarsh shows that Christianity would never have succeeded if it had not taken advantage of the infrastructure and culture of the Roman Empire; in turn the new religion was indelibly shaped and transformed by Roman beliefs and ideas, especially those circulating in the Greek-speaking, or Hellenistic, eastern parts of the empire. This radical transformation, Tim argues, can only be described as a revolution. The consequences are with us to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e336 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48530848415898,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/romes-age-of-revolution-9781847925350.jpg?v=1782784908","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.com\/products\/romes-age-of-revolution-augustus-empire-and-the-making-of-christianity-tim-whitmarsh","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}