What happens to faith when the creeds and confessions can no longer be squared with historical and empirical evidence? Most critical scholars have wrestled with this question. Some have found ways to reconcile their personal religious belief with the scholarship they practice. Others have chosen to reconstruct their view of religious meaning in light of what they have learned. But most have tended not to share those views in a public forum. And that brings up a second question: at what point does the discrepancy between what I know, or think I know, and what I am willing to say publicly...
What happens to faith when the creeds and confessions can no longer be squared with historical and empirical evidence? Most critical scholars have wre...
In Cutting Too Close for Comfort, Susan Elliot considers Paul's letter to the Galatians in its Anatolian cultic context. What does circumcision have to do with castration? Self-castrated devotees of the Mother of the Gods travelled in the central Anatolian territory where the audience of Paul's letter to the Galatians lived. The goddess was identified with many of the region's mountains. In a goddess-possessed frenzy, these galli castrated themselves and became lifetime cultic representatives as her slaves. Cutting Too Close For Comfort offers a thick description of this cult and...
In Cutting Too Close for Comfort, Susan Elliot considers Paul's letter to the Galatians in its Anatolian cultic context. What does circumcision hav...
`Family values' has long been seen as a code for a conservative perspective; whilst the Roman Empire centred its family values on a father-owner-master of the household, early Christians confronted that imperial model. This new book explores the struggle over family values and its impact on Western culture.
`Family values' has long been seen as a code for a conservative perspective; whilst the Roman Empire centred its family values on a father-owner-maste...
