Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Christianisation: narratives and process; 2. The limits of intolerance; 3. Arbiters of the Holy: the Christian holy man in late antiquity; Notes; Index.

Reviews

A brilliant book, by a scholar to whom church historians are already deeply indebted, providing ample material for further debates. The Expository Times ... the treatment is fresh and independent . The Times Literary Supplement