Conversion : The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo

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Conversion : The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of HippoOriginally published in 1933, Conversion is a seminal study of the psychology and circumstances of conversion from about 500 B. C. E. to about 400 A. D. A. D. Nock not only discusses early Christianity and its converts, but also examines non Christian religions and philosophy, the means by which they attracted adherents, and the factors influencing and limiting their success. Christianity succeeded, he argues, in part because it acquired and adapted

πάνω από την Αθήνα

conservators

Translated by Brian Pearce

discussing the background situation

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In modern times the Phaedrus has been relatively neglected

'Ηταν ένα παράπονο γι' αυτά που μπορούσαν να ζήσουν και δεν έζησαν

they came to Earth and suffered from amnesia: They forgot that they are from different planets - and therefore different

Θα νόμιζες πως το πτώμα με τα γυαλένια μάτια την είχε μαγνητίσει

με διάλογους που αναδεικνύουν την παιδική αθωότητα και την ευρηματικότητα

A story of how statesmen came to terms with an even more powerful force than themselves - the force of nationalism - this is above all a book about how people decided to see their world differently and

'Our first recognisable epic poem

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