A brief history of Sunday : from the New Testament to the new creation / Justo L. González.
Publication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, c2017.Description: ix, 166 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780802874719 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The background : pre-Christian calendars
Part 1 : Before Constantine
Naming the days
When to meet
The significance of the first day of the week
Christian practices on the first day of the week
Part 2 : From Constantine to the end of antiquity
Constantine and the new imperial policy
Changes in Christian worship
Laws regarding the Lord's day
Christian views on the Sabbath
Part 3 : The Middle Ages
A new Sunday piety : from feast to funeral
A day to pray and to play
Aquinas on Sunday and Sabbath
Part 4 : The Reformation and beyond
The Reformation
British puritanism and the Sabbath
Seventh-day Sabbatarianism
The continuation of Puritan Sabbatarianism
Secularization and renewal
