Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD

by Peter R.L. Brown and Peter Brown

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A sweeping intellectual history of the role of wealth in the church in the last days of the Roman Empire

Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691161771

ISBN13:9780691161778

Release Date:March 2014

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:808 Pages

Weight:2.55 lbs.

Dimensions:1.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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Business Business & Investing History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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