Vol. 24: Did Late Ancient Christianity Depend on Classical Paideia, and Did It Ever Get Rid of It?
Peter Gemeinhardt
Broschiertes Buch

Vol. 24: Did Late Ancient Christianity Depend on Classical Paideia, and Did It Ever Get Rid of It?

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Did Christianity in its beginnings depend on classical education, and was it ever able to free itself of this dependency? Christians were confronted with classical paideia, which comprised literate learning as well as social codes and the ideal of the true human being. Many Christian writers uttered their skepticism about paideia (due to the prominence of pagan Gods in school texts), but looking at educational practices opens up a different view. Christians made use of literate skills in memorializing the dead in inscriptions, writing down the life of saints, and preaching the Gospel in worshi...