The ransom of the soul afterlife and wealth in early western Christianity - Brown, Peter 1935- (Cambridge Harvard University Press, 2015)
"Treasure in heaven" and memory of the dead in early Christianity -- "Out of the body, who are we?": visions, burial, and memory in the Africa of Saint Augustine -- "Forgive us our sins." almsgiving, expiation, and the other world: Augustine and Pelagius, 410-430 AD -- Penance and the other world in Gaul: from Salvian of Marseilles to Caesarius of Arles -- The other world in this world: Gregory of Tours -- Columbanus, monasticism, and the other world.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Future life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; 236 "00/05" -- Eschatologie. De novissimis--?"00/05"