01764cam a2200409 i 4500 295908304 TxAuBib 20100106120000.0 031011s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002044821 9781400040858 $30.00 140004085X $30.00 DLC eng rda DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Freeman, Charles, 1947- The closing of the Western mind [BOOK] : the rise of faith and the fall of reason / Charles Freeman. Rise of faith and the fall of reason. First American edition. New York : Knopf, 2003. xxiii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published: London : Heinemann, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-416) and index. Describes the first alliance of church and state in the fourth century, marked by the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity, and how this decision irrevocably compromised the Roman Empire's intellectual tradition of rationalism. 20100106. Christianity Influence. Hellenism. Church and state Europe History. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500. Civilization, Western. Civilization, Western. Classical influences. Europe History To 476. Europe History 476-1492. Europe Intellectual life.