#206 – Ancient Christianities

About this episode

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 […]

People in this episode

Host: Luke Jeffrey Janssen

Guest: Dr. Paula Fredriksen

Topics covered

• Christian orthodoxy
• ancient Christianities
• historical conflicts
• Christian thought
• religious pluralism

Keywords

• Christianity
• orthodoxy
• conflicts
• Paula Fredriksen
• ancient Christianities
• religion
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years

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