Christianity in Roman Britain. By David Petts. Pp. 189 incl. 76 ills. Stroud–Charleston, SC: Tempus, 2003. £17.99 (paper). 0 7524 2540 4

• Published in: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History Vol. 55; no. 2; p. 351
• Main Author: FREND, W. H. C.
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.04.2004
• Subjects: Argumentation; Biographies; Centuries; Christianity; Evangelicalism; Greek language; Magic & magicians; Philosophers; Reading; Religion; Religious conversion; Reviews; Sermons; Subtitling; Theology; United Kingdom > UK

The interest in such a presentation does not lie in what one might broadly term a historical reconstruction of these important characters, or a straightforward analysis of the purpose of the authors of Homilies and Recognitions, but in a description of the way in which the two works seek to communic...