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The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity investigates the sweeping intellectual and material transformations that occurred as Christianity became the dominant force in the late Roman world. Mark Letteney traces how Christian theology, philosophy, and practice reshaped established systems of learning, literacy, and cultural production.
The book analyzes both the theoretical frameworks Christians developed to understand the world and the concrete ways these ideas manifested in manuscripts, buildings, institutions, and daily life. Letteney examines how classical knowledge was preserved, adapted, or rejected within Christian contexts, and how new forms of intellectual authority emerged.
Through detailed examination of sources ranging from theological texts to archaeological evidence, this study illuminates the complex process by which Christianity transformed not merely religious belief but the very foundations of how late antique societies organized, transmitted, and understood knowledge itself.
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