Description: 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.
Description: Now back in print, this is a comprehensive commentary on the Season of Advent. Essays on: background and development, imagery and symbols, the liturgies for the Sundays and weekdays, the breviary, art and music, celebrating with children. The three great figures of the Advent season, Isaiah, John the Baptist, and Mary each have a chapter.
