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Dr. Paula Fredriksen discusses her book on the diverse strands of early Christianity and the conflicts over orthodoxy.

Five centuries of vicious, in-house conflicts over the control of emergent Christian orthodoxy. This week’s guest — Dr. Paula Fredriksen — discusses her latest book: Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years. Yes, that’s “Christianities” … plural! The focus of this retrospective is the multiple strands of Christian thinking which were vying for control during […]

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