TY - BOOK AU - Freeman,Charles TI - The closing of the Western mind: the rise of faith and the fall of reason SN - 9781400033805 (paperback) AV - CB245.F73 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - Civilization, Western KW - Christianity KW - Influence KW - Church and state KW - Europe KW - History KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Classical influences KW - Hellenism KW - To 476 KW - 476-1492 KW - Intellectual life KW - Christentum KW - swd KW - Auswirkung KW - Politische Kultur KW - Wissenschaftliches Denken KW - Römisches Reich N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -