Contents

Contents

Contents

Preface

List of abbreviations

Introduction

What is so important about the second century?

1 A peculiar identity

The sociological make-up of second-century Christianity

2 A strange superstition

The political and intellectual acceptability of second-century Christianity

3 Worshipping Jesus

The ecclesiological structure of second-century Christianity

4 Alternative pathways

Diversity in second-century Christianity

5 The Great Church

Unity in second-century Christianity

6 A textual culture

The literature of second-century Christianity

7 A new Scripture

The New Testament canon in second-century Christianity

Conclusion

Christianity at the crossroads

Select bibliography

Praise for Christianity at the Crossroads

About the Author

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