New Light from an Old Source: Cyril and Scripture – By Michael Cameron
Michael Cameron on Matthew Crawford’s Cyril of Alexandria’s Trinitarian Theology of Scripture It might be hard for outside observers to tell, but for
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Early Christianity
God’s Recovery – By Gregory W. Lee
Gregory W. Lee on Khaled Anatolios’ Retrieving Nicaea Debates regarding the doctrine of the Trinity are often presented as a classic example of
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In the Footsteps of Shenoute – Caroline T. Schroeder
Caroline T. Schroeder on Bentley Layton’s The Canons of Our Fathers Every year in the month of July over ten thousand pilgrims flock
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Marcion and the Ideology of Texts – By Judith Lieu
Judith Lieu on Dieter Roth’s The Text of Marcion’s Gospel The name “Marcion” will evoke one or both of two images. The first
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The Scandal of Silence – By Sarah Coakley
Sarah Coakley on Diarmaid MacCulloch’s Silence Silence is golden. Or is it? In this intriguing survey of the theme of silence in Christian
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Worlds Together: Gregory, Julian, and the Heirs of the Classical Heritage – By John Anthony McGuckin
John Anthony McGuckin on Susanna Elm’s Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church Susanna Elm has produced a work that shakes the classical
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Thomas Merton and the Benefit of Recollecting Ancient Christian Worship – By Lee M. Jefferson
Lee M. Jefferson on Andrew B. McGowan’s Ancient Christian Worship: Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective A Sufi scholar once
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Metaphor and Its Limits – By Ellen Muehlberger
Ellen Muehlberger on Douglas Boin’s Coming Out Christian in the Roman World Douglas Boin starts his new book by revealing a secret about himself:
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How Gay Were the Early Christians? Or, The Perils of Hyperbole in Historiography – By John David Penniman
John David Penniman on Douglas Boin’s Coming Out Christian in the Roman World The question of what happened to the Roman Empire between
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Questioning Categories and Shifting Paradigms in the Study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins – By Simon J. Joseph
Simon J. Joseph on George W. E. Nickelsburg and James C. VanderKam’s 1 Enoch 2 There is power in naming things. Too often,
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