The History of Christianity: From the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation

Professor Luke Timothy Johnson Candler School of Theology, Emory University Course Guidebook Religion & Theology Topic Chris ...

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i Luke Timothy Johnson, Ph.D. Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins Candler School of Theology, Em ...

ii Professor Johnson is married to Joy Randazzo. They share 7 children, 13 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren. Professor J ...

iii Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...

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Table of Contents Course Scope Professor Biography ............................................................................ ...

Table of Contents vi SUPPLEmENTaL maTERIaL Bibliography ........................................................................ ...

The History of Christianity: From the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation Scope: W hatever one may think about Christianity ...

Scope adapting religion” is entirely appropriate. Christianity has been, from the start, astonishingly adaptive to its environme ...

The Historical Study of Christianity..................................................... Lecture 1 C hristianity began in obscu ...

Lecture 1: The Historical Study of Christianity • Lack of good historical knowledge is just as widespread among Christians as ...

• Historical study can also provide the basis for a reconsideration of the past and a path to the future. o How do the tragic ...

Lecture 1: The Historical Study of Christianity but these are artificial boundaries, drawn—for purposes of analysis—within the c ...

o Interpretation enters into every step of the process: The point of view shapes perception, perception shapes writing, assessme ...

Lecture 1: The Historical Study of Christianity o Our richest literary (and material) evidence comes from within the Roman Empir ...

West (centered in Rome). Expansion of Christianity into new lands and new languages increased. • The third section, “The Medi ...

Lecture 2: The First Cultural Context—Greece and Rome The First Cultural Context—Greece and Rome................................ ...

The Mediterranean World • The basic coordinates of the world established the boundaries for the first chapter of Christianity ...

Lecture 2: The First Cultural Context—Greece and Rome o Technology was advanced in architecture (aqueducts, temples, baths), war ...