Re-Thinking the Christ Movements of the First Two Centuries
Re-Thinking the Christ Movements of the First Two Centuries
The Friday night lecture anticipates and introduces the amazing diversity, social innovation, and humour-filled challenge to Roman imperialism that the four Saturday lectures will deepen. This is a stunning challenge to the conventional picture of the so-called “early churches.” The dynamic beginnings of the early Jesus communities are legendary but sometimes forgotten or contested. There...