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A companion to Julian the Apostate /

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The Christians as the Romans saw them by Wilken, Robert Louis, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…Pliny: a Roman gentleman -- Christianity as a burial society -- The piety of the persecutors -- Galen: the curiosity of a philosopher -- Celsus: a conservative intellectual -- Porphyry: the most learned critic of all -- Julian the Apostate: Jewish law and Christian truth.…”

The historians of late antiquity by Rohrbacher, David, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Ammianus Marcellinus; Aurelius Victor; Eutropius; Festus; Eunapius; Olympiodorus; Priscus; Rufinus; Socrates; Sozomen; Theodoret; Orosius; Historiography; Government; The Roman past; Religion; Barbarians; The emperor Julian (the Apostate); The emperor Theodosius I (the Great); Bibliography; Index.…”
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Themistius, Julian and Greek political theory under Rome : texts, translations and studies of four key works by Swain, Simon

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Philosopher-kings of antiquity : lives of an ideal by Desmond, William D., 1974-

Table of Contents: “…; Marcus' enduring image; 5; Julian the Apostate; Julian's education ; Julian's ideas; Constantinople; Antioch; Mesopotamia; Assessments: a philosopher-king; 6; From Moses to Modernity ; Ancient images of Moses: prophet, lawgiver, philosopher; The Lord's anointed: Justinian and medieval ideals; Freedom and system: philosophes and enlightened despots ; Natural light of reason: Thomas Jefferson, philosopher-president.…”
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Kazantzakis : politics of the spirit by Bien, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Technical Notes; ONE: KAZANTZAKIS'S ATTRACTION TO FASCISM AND NAZISM IN THE 1930s; TWO: TRAVEL WRITING; THREE: SPAIN; FOUR: JOURNEY TO THE MOREA; FIVE: GREEK POLITICS, 1922-1936; METAXAS; SIX: WRITINGS CA: 1935-1939: JARDIN DES ROCHERS; SEVEN: WRITINGS CA: 1935-1939: OTHELLO RETURNS; EIGHT: WRITINGS CA: 1935-1939: MELISSA; NINE: WRITINGS CA: 1935-1939: JULIAN THE APOSTATE; TEN: PERIOD 1940-1944: THE ALBANIAN CAMPAIGN AND AXIS OCCUPATION; ELEVEN: BUDDHA; TWELVE: ALEXIS ZORBAS: A PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATION.…”
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The story of Christianity. by González, Justo L.

Table of Contents: “…The early church -- The fullness of time -- Judaism and Palestine -- Diaspora Judaism -- The Greco-Roman world -- The Church in Jerusalem -- Unity and diversity -- Religious life -- The waning of the Jewish church -- Mission to the Gentiles -- The scope of the mission -- Paul's work -- The apostle: facts and legends -- First conflicts with the state -- A new Jewish sect -- Persecution under Nero -- Persecution under Domitian -- Persecution in the second century -- The correspondence between Pliny and Trajan -- Ignatius of Antioch, the bearer of God -- The martyrdom of Polycarp -- Persecution under Marcus Aurelius -- Toward the end of the second century -- The defense of the faith -- Base rumors and lofty criticism -- The main apologists -- Christian faith and pagan culture -- The arguments of the apologists -- The deposit of the faith -- Gnosticism -- Marcion -- The response: canon, creed, and apostolic succession -- The ancient Catholic Church -- The teachers of the Church -- Irenaeus of Lyons -- Clement of Alexandria -- Tertullian of Carthage -- Origen of Alexandria -- Persecution in the third century -- Persecution under Septimius Severus -- Under Decius -- The question of the Lapsed: Cyprian and Novatian -- Christian life -- The social origins of early Christians -- Christian worship -- The organization of the Church -- Missionary methods -- The beginnings of Christian art -- The great persecution and the final victory -- The imperial church -- Constantine -- From Rome to Constantinople -- From the unconquered sun to Jesus Christ -- From persecution to dominance -- The impact of the new order -- Reactions to the new order -- Official theology: Eusebius of Caesarea -- The monastic reaction -- The origins of monasticism -- The first monks of the desert -- Pachomius and communal monasticism -- The spread of the monastic ideal -- The schismatic reaction: Donatism -- The Arian controversy and the Council of Nicaea -- The outbreak of the controversy -- The Council of Nicaea -- The pagan reaction: Julian the apostate -- Julian's religious policy -- Athanasius of Alexandria -- The first years -- Through many trials -- A theological agreement -- Further trials -- The great Cappadocians -- Macrina -- Basil the great -- Gregory of Nyssa -- Gregory of Nazianzus -- Ambrose of Milan -- An unexpected election -- The Bishop and the throne -- John Chrysostom -- A voice from the wilderness -- Return to the wilderness -- Jerome -- Augustine of Hippo -- A torturous path to faith -- Minister and theologian of the Western Church -- Beyond the borders of the empire -- The end of an era -- Medieval Christianity -- The new order -- The Germanic Kingdoms -- Benedictine monasticism -- The papacy -- The Arab conquests -- Early Christianity -- The Christological debates to the Council of Chalcedon -- Further theological debates -- The dissident churches of the East -- Eastern orthodoxy after the Arab conquests -- Imperial restoration and continuing decay -- Charlemagne's reign -- Theological activity -- New invasions -- Decay in the papacy -- Movements of renewal -- Monastic reform -- Canonical and papal reform -- The papacy and the empire in direct confrontation -- The offensive against Islam -- The first Crusade -- Later history of the Crusades -- The Spanish reconquista -- Consequences of the offensive against Islam -- The golden age of Medieval Christianity -- The Mendicant Orders -- One flock under one shepherd -- Theological activity: Scholasticism -- Missionary endeavors -- Stones that bear witness: architecture -- The collapse -- New conditions -- The papacy under the shadow of France -- The Great Western schism -- In quest of Reformation -- The Conciliar Movement -- John Wyclif -- John Huss -- Girolamo Savonarola -- The mystical alternative -- Popular movements -- Renaissance and humanism -- The later course of Scholasticism -- The revival of classical learning -- A new vision of reality -- The popes and the Renaissance -- The beginnings of Colonial Christianity -- Spain in the new world -- The nature of the Spanish enterprise -- The protest -- The Caribbean -- Mexico -- Golden castle -- Florida -- Columbia and Venezuela -- The four corners of the earth: the Incan empire -- La Plata -- The Portuguese enterprise -- Africa -- Toward the rising sun -- Brazil -- The New World and the Old.…”

Eastern Orthodox Christianity. by Geffert, Bryn

Table of Contents: “…Arius Explains His Doctrine to Alexander of Alexandria (320)Athanasius on the Incarnation (ca. 318-335); The Creed of Nicaea (325); Reaction; Julian the Apostate (361-363) Mocks Christianity; Trinitarian Debates; Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity (ca. 390); Priests and Bishops; John Chrysostom on the Role of Priests (ca. late 370s-early 380s); Early Monasticism; Sayings of the Desert Fathers (mid-500s); The Life of Pachomius (n.d.); St. …”
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