Defending and Defining the Faith

D. H. Williams is Professor of Patristics and Historical Theology in the Departments of Religion and Classics, Baylor University. Ph.D. 1991 University of Toronto; Th.M. 1985 Princeton Theological Seminary. Williams specializes in early Christian literature and theology, ancient Roman religions, the history of doctrine; the fourth century Trinitarian controversies and ancient Christianity in China.

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
I Matters of Definition and Qualification
II The Roman World of Early Christianity
III Construction of Christian Self-Definition
IV Persecution and the Ambiguity of Roman Law
V Earliest Christian Responses
VI Christian Faith and Intellectual Culture
VII Hellenized Antagonism Toward Hellenism
VIII Philosophy as Protagonist
IX Brilliant Diatribe
X Apology as Dialogue and Appeal
XI Clash of the Giants:
XII Divine Judgment in Vindication and Salvation
XIII Apologist Par Excellence
XIV Apologetic as Exhortation
XV The Unexpected Pagan Emperor
XVI Cities in Conflict
XVII Final Anti-Pagan Polemics
Epilogue