A People's History of Christianity

CHRISTIAN ORIGINS:
A People's History of
Christianity, vol. 1

edited by Richard A. Horsley

Who were the first Christians? How did they live and worship?

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? With Horsley, contributors include:

  • Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley
  • Allen Dwight Callahan
  • Warren Carter
  • Neil Elliott
  • Steven J. Friesen
  • William R. Herzog II
  • Clarice J. Martin
  • Carolyn Osiek
  • Raymond Pickett
  • Barbara R. Rossing
  • Antoinette Clark Wire

Richard A. Horsley is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is author of numerous books, including The Message and the Kingdom (2002), Jesus and the Spiral of Violence (1992), and Galilee (1995).

Shelving: Religion / History of Christianity
Readers: General readers; college, university, seminary students; historians
0-8006-3411-X
$35.00 / Canada $45.50
7" x 9", hardcover, 352 pp.
Rights: World
November 2005

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