I think that Rodney Stark studies of new religious movements in the modern world give us some insights into the kinds of… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
Early Christianity, like Roman-era philosophical traditions, laid emphasis on everyday behavior, about how to live your life. — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
I offer early Christianity as a case-study to show that the phenomena that we group under "religion(s)" comprise a somewhat artificial category,… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
I think Rodney Stark makes a substantial contribution to the study of early Christianity in posing the kinds of questions that he… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
Galen's observations reflect one of the distinctive features of early Christianity. Roman-era religion was mainly about ritual actions vis-à-vis the gods, and… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
In Destroyer of the gods I focus on several major features of early Christianity that made it distinctive, even odd or bizarre… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
The science, the art, the jurisprudence, the chief political and social theories, of the modern world have grown out of Greece and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rediscovering the controversies that occupied early Christianity sharpens our awareness of the major issue in the whole debate, then and now: What… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“In a seminar at New York University in 1980, Foucault is reported to have said that the difference between late antiquity and… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
