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The Spirit of Early Christian Thought Football (Soccer a rare example of an"[A] magnificently learned, deeply felt and surprisingly pellucid set of essays."Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World "A delight to read. It is written as history ought to be, especially for nonspecialist readers."Richard A. Kauffman, Christian Century In this eloquent introduction to early Christian thought, eminent religious historian Robert Louis Wilken examines the tradition that such figures as St. Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, and others set