{"product_id":"a-century-of-miracles-h-a-drake-9780197541388","title":"A Century of Miracles","description":"The fourth century of our common era began and ended with a miracle. Traditionally, in the year 312, the Roman emperor Constantine experienced a \"vision of the Cross\" that led him to convert to Christianity and to defeat his last rival to the imperial throne; and, in 394, a divine wind carried the emperor Theodosius to victory at the battle of the Frigidus River. In \u003cem\u003eA Century of Miracles\u003c\/em\u003e, historian H. A. Drake explores the role miracle stories such as these played in helping Christians, pagans, and Jews think about themselves and each other. These stories, he concludes, bolstered Christian belief that their god wanted the empire to be Christian. Most importantly, they help explain how, after a century of trumpeting the power of their god, Christians were able to deal with their failure to protect the city of Rome from a barbarian sack by the Gothic army of Alaric in 410. Thoroughly researched within a wide range of faiths and belief systems, \u003cem\u003eA Century of Miracles\u003c\/em\u003e provides an absorbing illumination of this complex, polytheistic, and decidedly mystical phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. a. Drake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197541380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197541388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"H. a. Drake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126843437311,"sku":"9780197541388","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0134fd8f-0170-4aa4-8d39-1a445d0c9f49.jpg?v=1687450468","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-century-of-miracles-h-a-drake-9780197541388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}