Destroyer of the Gods (Hurtado - paperback)

Author: Larry W. Hurtado

ISBN: 9781481304740

Binding: paperback

Section: History

"Silly," "stupid," "irrational," "simple." "Wicked," "hateful," "obstinate," "anti-social." "Extravagant," "perverse." The Roman world rendered harsh judgments upon early Christianity—including branding Christianity "new." Novelty was no Roman religious virtue. Nevertheless, as Larry W. Hurtado shows in Destroyer of the Gods, Christianity thrived despite its new and distinctive features and opposition to them. Unlike nearly all other religious groups, Christianity utterly rejected the traditional gods of the Roman world, offering a new and different kind of religious identity, one not based on ethnicity.