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Ramsay MacMullen

Born

in New York City, New York, The United States

March 03, 1928

Died

November 27, 2022

Genre

History, Religion

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A specialist in Roman social history and the rise of Christianity in the Roman world, Ramsay MacMullen was Dunham Professor of History and Classics at Yale University, where he taught from 1967 until his retirement in 1993. Educated at Phillips Exeter and Harvard, from which he held all three of his degrees, MacMullen taught at the University of Oregon and Brandeis before moving to Yale.

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Average rating: 3.54 · 547 ratings · 69 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	Christianizing the Roman Empire: A.D. 100-400 3.38 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1984 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries 3.58 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CORRUPTION & DECLINE OF ROME 3.90 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paganism in the Roman Empire 3.45 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roman Social Relations, 50 BC to AD 284 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Second Church: Popular Christianity A.D. 200-400 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voting About God in Early Church Councils 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romanization in the Time of Augustus 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enemies of the Roman Order: Treason, Unrest and Alienation in the Empire 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Constantine 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1969 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Simplicity could only have been bought at a great price in accuracy.”
― Ramsay MacMullen, Christianizing the Roman Empire: A.D. 100-400

tags: christianitya, history, history-of-religion

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“It is a very good exercise, at least from a historian's point of view, to imagine oneself a devout pagan while reading various Christian writings.”
― Ramsay MacMullen, Christianizing the Roman Empire: A.D. 100-400

tags: history, religion

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“...god contradicts his own perfection if he can be reached, touched, disturbed, or in any way changed from it by anything in this material world below.”
― Ramsay MacMullen, Christianizing the Roman Empire: A.D. 100-400

tags: religion-christianity

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