{"product_id":"romes-age-of-revolution","title":"Rome's Age Of Revolution","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eIn Rome's Age of Revolution by Tim Whitmarsh, a lively work of ancient history and religious history, you’ll see the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire as something far messier—and more fascinating—than a simple story of spiritual “victory”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eWhitmarsh traces how a small movement emerging from Judaism spread across a vast Mediterranean world, asking what really made that expansion possible. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eRather than crediting conversion solely to the power of the message, he looks closely at the practical advantages Rome offered: roads, cities, administration and shared culture. Just as importantly, he shows how Roman and especially Hellenistic Greek ideas reshaped early Christianity, transforming it into a faith able to operate on an imperial scale. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy classical studies, big-idea non-fiction, and politics-and-religion analysis, this is an absorbing rethink of how the Western world was formed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eAdd it to your cart and discover a revolution hiding in plain sight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53589521727764,"sku":"9781847925350","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9781847925350_1.jpg?v=1785826622","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/romes-age-of-revolution","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}