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The Media Revolution of Early Christianity: An Essay on Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History
Doron Mendels

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Format: Paperback, 280pp.
ISBN: 0802846106
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Pub. Date: July 1999

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Respected historian Doron Mendels poses a daring new theory that Eusebius's monumental ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY (325 C.E.) was meant to serve as a publicity tool to further the cause of early Christianity. Reading THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY through the lenses of modern media studies, Mendels argues that Eusebius viewed the spread of Christianity as a media revolution and invented a new type of history writing, "media history," to promote it. By carefully examining Eusebius's methods, Mendels shows that Eusebius worked much like modern journalists do in selecting, shaping, and presenting stories for popular consumption.
 

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Preface

1. Media Studies and Historiography
2. Sensationalism and the Social Order
3. Martyrdom as Media Asset
4. Orthodoxy and Heresy: Competing Media Channels
5. Bishops and Synods: Penetrating the Public Sphere
6. Mission as Marketing Strategy

Epilogue: The Triumph of Christian Publicity

Bibliography
Index of Ancient Literature
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Main Subjects


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