When Jesus Became God: The Epic Fight over Christ's Divinity in the Last Days of Rome - Hardcover

Rubenstein, Richard E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151003688 ISBN 13: 9780151003686

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999

Synopsis

A fascinating volume details the two priests--Arius and Athanasius--mortal enemies who became the major players in the fateful conflict in Christendom to decide whether Jesus was God or the holiest of men until the Reformation and Alexander, the powerful bishop of Alexandria, who was determined to find a speedy resolution. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"[Rubenstein] has taken one of the major religious controversies of the early Christian church, a controversy that consumed its energies for most of the fourth century, and turned it into a flesh-and-blood encounter of real people that reads like an adventure story."-The Christian Science Monitor
"A splendidly dramatic story . . . Rubenstein has turned one of the great fights of history into an engrossing story."-Jack Miles, The Boston Globe; author of God: A Biography

About the Author:

RICHARD E. RUBENSTEIN is professor of conflict resolution and public affairs at George Mason University and an expert on religious conflict. A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, he was a Rhodes Scholar and studied at Oxford University. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0151003688
• ISBN 13: 9780151003686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 267