Description: The book gathers and translates texts from early Christianity that explore the diversity of theological approaches to the nature and ends of humanity. Readers will gain a sense of how early Christians reflected on humanity and human nature in different theological movements and their legacies in late antiquity and the dawn of the Middle Ages.
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J. Patout Burns, S.J. is Edward A. Malloy Professor of Catholic Studies Emeritus at Vanderbilt University and is currently guest professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is a specialist in early North African Christianity.