Reimagining Christian Origins
Subtitle: A Colloquium Honoring Burton L. Mack
Contributors: Elizabeth A. Castelli (Editor); Hal Taussig (Editor)
Publisher: Trinity Pr Intl; UNKNO
Published: May 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781563381720
Subjects: Christianity; History of religion; N.T.; Christianity - History; Religion; Religion - Church History; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Origin; Christianity - History - General; Bible.
Description: A genuine possibility of reimagining how Christianity began has now come into view. Based within the fields of discourse that have come forth in the last forty years, this book proposes ways that the study of Christian origins can paint subtle and complex pictures of the first centuries of Christianity.

Taking as inspiration the work of Burton L. Mack - upon whose sixty-fifth birthday, this volume is issued - Reimagining Christian Origins provides an introduction to and an analysis of the emerging methodologies of the field and presents nineteen new examples of scholars at work in this field.

The book is divided into four parts: (1) Reimagining the Social Formation of Early Christian Communities, (2) Reimagining the Galilean Movements, (3) Reimagining the Emergence of Christian Myth, and (4) Reimagining Christianity in the Mediterranean World.