Kreider, Alan,  1941- <br/><br/>
The patient ferment of the early church :  the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire / 
Alan Kreider. 
 - xiii, 321 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index. 
<br/><br/>Growth and patience -- The improbable growth of the church -- The good of patience -- Push and pull -- Ferment -- Christians as agents of growth -- Communities as cultures of patience -- Forming the habitus -- Catechesis and baptism -- Worship -- &quot;Wise doves&quot; in the Didascalia apostolorum -- The transformation of patience -- The impatience of Constantine -- Augustine and the just impatience. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801048494 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015043726 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>270.1