Laing, Stefana Dan,  1971- <br/><br/>
Retrieving history :  memory and identity formation in the early church / 
Stefana Dan Laing. 
 - xxiv, 216 pages :  map ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index. 
<br/><br/>Map -- Time line -- Invitation to the past -- Ancient historical writing and the rise of historical literary forms -- History as apologetic: harnessing a usable past -- Martyrology: remembering the martyrs' noble example -- Hagiography: martyrdom as discipleship in early Christian biographies -- Ecclesiastical history: the story of the church -- Conclusions and trajectories. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801096433 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016059364 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Memory--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Church history--Authorship.<br/>Church history--Historiography.<br/>Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Identification (Religion)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4597.565.L35 2017  / 14188 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>270.1072