{"product_id":"the-formation-of-christian-europe-the-carolingians-baptism-and-the-imperium-christianum-9780198718031","title":"The Formation of Christian Europe: The Carolingians, Baptism, and the Imperium Christianum","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Owen M. Phelan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Formation of Christian Europe\u003c\/em\u003e analyzes the Carolingians' efforts to form a Christian Empire with the organizing principle of the sacrament of baptism. Owen M. Phelan argues that baptism provided the foundation for this society, and offered a medium for the communication and the popularization of beliefs and ideas, through which the Carolingian Renewal established the vision of an \u003cem\u003eimperium christianum\u003c\/em\u003e in Europe. He analyzes how baptism unified people theologically, socially, and politically and helped Carolingian leaders order their approaches to public life. It enabled reformers to think in ways which were ideologically consistent, publicly available, and socially useful.\u003cbr\u003ePhelan also examines the influential court intellectual, Alcuin of York, who worked to implement a sacramental society through baptism. The book finally looks at the dissolution of Carolingian political aspirations for an \u003cem\u003eimperium christianum\u003c\/em\u003e and how, by the end of the ninth century, political frustrations concealed the deeper achievement of the Carolingian Renewal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890579685527,"sku":"9780198718031","price":17134.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198718031.webp?v=1781180574","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-formation-of-christian-europe-the-carolingians-baptism-and-the-imperium-christianum-9780198718031","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}