Christian Origins

Author : Richard Horsley
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9781451416640

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Christian Origins by Richard Horsley Pdf

Dealing with a time when "Christians" were moving towards separation from the movement's Jewish origins, this inaugural volume of A People's History of Christianity tells "the people's story" by gathering together evidence from the New Testament texts, archaeology, and other contemporary sources. Of particular interest to the distinguished group of scholar-contributors are the often overlooked aspects of the earliest "Christian" consciousness: How, for example, did they manage to negotiate allegiances to two social groups? How did they deal with crucial issues of wealth and poverty? What about the participation of slaves and women in these communities? How did living in the shadow of the Roman Empire color their religious experience and economic values?

Author : Diana Butler Bass
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061973024

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A People's History of Christianity by Diana Butler Bass Pdf

“It would be difficult to imagine anyone reading this book without finding some new insight or inspiration, some new and unexpected testimony to the astonishing breadth of Christianity through the centuries.” — Philip Jenkins, author of The Lost History of Christianity “Interesting, insightful, illuminating, and remarkably relevant.” — Marcus Borg, author of The Heart of Christianity In the tradition of Howard Zinn comes a new history of Christianity that reveals its bottom-up movements over the past 2,000 years, which preserved Jesus’s original message of social justice, and how this history is impacting the church today.

Author : Deborah B. Haarsma,Loren D. Haarsma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 159255573X

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Origins by Deborah B. Haarsma,Loren D. Haarsma Pdf

When it comes to the history of the universe, many believe that science and faith are mutually exclusive. But in this revised version of Origins, physics professors Loren and Deborah Haarsma explore what God's Word and God's world teach us about creation, evolution, and intelligent design. Clearly explaining the science, the authors focus on areas where Christians agree. They also present the strengths and weaknesses of areas where Christians differ. Origins helps you develop a deeper understanding of the origins of the universe and sort out your own views on faith and science. Small group discussion questions follow each chapter. A companion website provides resources for further study.

Author : Ward Blanton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226056883

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Displacing Christian Origins by Ward Blanton Pdf

Recent critical theory is curiously preoccupied with the metaphors and ideas of early Christianity, especially the religion of Paul. The haunting of secular thought by the very religion it seeks to overcome may seem surprising at first, but Ward Blanton argues that this recent return by theorists to the resources of early Christianity has precedent in modern and ostensibly secularizing philosophy, from Kant to Heidegger. Displacing Christian Origins traces the current critical engagement of Agamben, Derrida, and Žižek, among others, back into nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century philosophers of early Christianity. By comparing these crucial moments in the modern history of philosophy with exemplars of modern biblical scholarship—David Friedrich Strauss, Adolf Deissmann, and Albert Schweitzer—Blanton offers a new way for critical theory to construe the relationship between the modern past and the biblical traditions to which we seem to be drawn once again. An innovative contribution to the intellectual history of biblical exegesis, Displacing Christian Origins will promote informed and fruitful debate between religion and philosophy.

Author : George W. E. Nickelsburg
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 145140848X

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Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins by George W. E. Nickelsburg Pdf

In the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, Christian scholars portrayed Judaism as the dark religious backdrop to the liberating events of Jesus' life and the rise of the early church. Since the 1950s, however, a dramatic shift has occurred in the study of Judaism, driven by new manuscript and archaeological discoveries and new methods and tools for analyzing sources. George Nickelsburg here provides a broad and synthesizing picture of the results of the past fifty years of scholarship on early Judaism and Christianity. He organizes his discussion around a number of traditional topics: scripture and tradition, Torah and the righteous life, God's activity on humanity's behalf, agents of God's activity, eschatology, historical circumstances, and social settings. Each of the chapters discusses the findings of contemporary research on early Judaism, and then sketches the implications of this research for a possible reinter-pretation of Christianity. Still, in the author's view, there remains a major Jewish-Christian agenda yet to be developed and implemented.

Author : Joan E. Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0198147856

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Christians and the Holy Places by Joan E. Taylor Pdf

This book is a detailed examination of the literature and archaeology pertaining to specific sites (in Palestine, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Memre, Nazareth, Capernaum, and elsewhere) and the region in general. Taylor contends that the origins of these holy places and the phenomenon of Christian pilgrimage can be traced to the emperor Constantine, who ruled over the eastern Empire from 324. He contends that few places were actually genuine; the most important authentic site being the cave (not Garden) of Gethsemane, where Christ was probably arrested. Extensively illustrated, this lively new look at a topic previously shrouded in obscurity should interest students in scholars in a range of disciplines.

Author : Christopher Rowland
Publisher : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112252494

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Christian Origins by Christopher Rowland Pdf

An account of the beginnings of the Christian movement: a third of it on the Judaism of the first century, a third on Jesus, and a third on Paul and the development from messianic sect to Christian religion.

Author : Matthew Black
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Christianity
ISBN : OCLC:610393472

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The Scrolls and Christian Origins; Studies in the Jewish Background of the New Testament by Matthew Black Pdf

Author : Lewis Ayres,S. Gareth J. Jones
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0415107512

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Christian Origins by Lewis Ayres,S. Gareth J. Jones Pdf

Christian Origins is an exploration of the historical course and nature of early Christian theology, which concentrates on setting it within particular traditions or sets of traditions. In the three sections of the volume, Reading Origen, Reading the Fourth Century and Christian Origins in the Western Traditions, the contributors reconsider classic themes and texts in the light of the existing traditions of interpretation. They offer critiques of early Christian ideas and texts and they consider the structure and origins of standard modern readings of these ideas and texts. The contributors employ a variety of methodological approaches to analyse the interplay between ancient philosophical traditions and the development of Christian thought and to redefine the parameters between the previously accepted divisions in the traditions of Christian theology and thought.

Author : Eve-Marie Becker
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300165371

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The Birth of Christian History by Eve-Marie Becker Pdf

The first comprehensive account to explore the beginnings of early Christian history writing, tracing its origin to the Gospel of Mark and Luke-Acts When the Gospel writings were first produced, Christian thinking was already cognizant of its relationship to ancient memorial cultures and history-writing traditions. Yet, little has been written about exactly what shaped the development of early Christian literary memory. In this eye-opening new study, Eve-Marie Becker explores the diverse ways in which history was written according to the Hellenistic literary tradition, focusing specifically on the time during which the New Testament writings came into being: from the mid-first century until the early second century CE. While acknowledging cases of historical awareness in other New Testament writings, Becker traces the origins of this historiographical approach to the Gospel of Mark and Luke-Acts. Offering a bold new framework, Becker shows how the earliest Christian writings shaped “Christian” thinking and writing about history.

Author : Nicholas Thomas Wright
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0800626796

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The Resurrection of the Son of God by Nicholas Thomas Wright Pdf

Explores ancient beliefs about life after death, highlighting the fact that the early Christians' belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions, forcing readers to view the Easter narratives not simply as rationalizations, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his "appearances." Simultaneous. Hardcover no longer available.

Author : Gary DeMar
Publisher : American Vision
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9780915815715

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America's Christian History by Gary DeMar Pdf

"From the founding of the colonies to the declaration of the Supreme Court, America's heritage is built upon the principles of the Christian religion. And yet the secularists are dismantling this foundation brick by brick, attempting to deny the very core of our national life. Gary DeMar presents well-documented facts which will change your perspective about what it means to be a Christian in America; the truth about America's Christian past as it relates to supreme court justices, and presidents; the Christian character of colonial charters, state constitutions, and the US Constitution; the Christian foundation of colleges, the Christian character of Washington, D.C.; the origin of Thanksgiving and so much more."--Publisher's description

Author : Francis Gerald Downing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567096130

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Cynics and Christian Origins by Francis Gerald Downing Pdf

This study shows that the wealth of parallels between the Jesus tradition and popular Cynicism suggest that Cynicism has been an important element in Christianity from the earliest days.

Author : Stanley E. Porter,Andrew W. Pitts
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004372740

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Christian Origins and the Establishment of the Early Jesus Movement by Stanley E. Porter,Andrew W. Pitts Pdf

This book explores the events, people, and writings surrounding the early Jesus movement. The essays are divided into four groups: the movement’s formation, production of its early Gospels, description of the Jesus movement itself, and the Jewish mission and its literature.

Author : Larry W. Hurtado
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802847498

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At the Origins of Christian Worship by Larry W. Hurtado Pdf

"At the Origins of Christian Worship" can deepen readers' understanding of early Christian worship by setting it within the context of the Roman world in which it developed. Hurtado highlights the two central characteristics of earliest Christian worship: its exclusive rejection of the ancient-world gods and its inclusion of Christ with God as the focus of devotion.