{"product_id":"pagans-and-christians-9780141022956","title":"Pagans and Christians","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the second century AD to the conversion of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, Robin Lane Fox''s \u003ci\u003ePagans and Christians in the Mediterranean World \u003c\/i\u003egives a fascinating new perspective on an extraordinary era.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The transition from pagan to Christian in the ancient Mediterranean world was a process whose effects we still live with today. How did this monumental conversion come about? How did Christianity compare and compete with the pagan gods in the Roman Empire? This scholarly work, from award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, places Christians and pagans side by side in the context of civic life and contrasts their religious experiences, visions, cults and oracles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Leading up to the time of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, the book aims to enlarge and confirm the value of contemporary evidence, some of which has only recently been discovered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''This brilliant book is a wholly unexpected and central contribution to its subje\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732394029399,"sku":"9780141022956","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141022956.jpg?v=1719996689","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pagans-and-christians-9780141022956","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}