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Maijastina Kahlos. Debate and Dialogue: Christian and Pagan Cultures c.(Book review)
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Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
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June 22, 2008
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- Macmullen, Ramsay
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MAIJASTINA KAHLOS. Debate and Dialogue: Christian and Pagan Cultures c. 360-430. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Press, 2007. Pp. x + 213.
The defense of Christian beliefs by the early church champions more often took the offensive; it is quite misleadingly called "Apology." But the Greekism has long been a fixture. To survey the whole of it across three centuries might be too much for 184 pages (plus notes). A longer book, on the other hand, might be consulted, but never read through. Dr. Maijastina Kahlos has made a welcome choice in deciding to look only, or almost only, at the production of Augustine's lifetime and in Latin (the title of the book promises much more than is ...