Category: Alumni Authors

Title:Coming Out Christian in the Roman World: How the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar’s Empire

Author: Douglas Boin (C'99)
Date Published: March 1, 2015

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Edward Gibbon once attributed to the rise of Christianity in Rome to the group’s “intolerant zeal.” This book, already being praised by scholars, offers a new, radically different perspective on this seminal time.

Bloomsbury Press (2015)

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