Download or read book Roman Christianity and Roman Stoicism written by Runar Thorsteinsson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Runar M. Thorsteinsson presents a challenge to the view that Christianity introduced an entirely new, better, and decidedly universal morality into the ancient world. Presenting evidence from Stoic and Christian texts from first century Rome, he emphasizes the similarities between the two belief systems.