Luke Timothy Johnson, "Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity"
Yale University Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0300142080 | 480 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Yale University Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0300142080 | 480 pages | PDF | 5 MB
he question of Christianity’s relation to the other religions of the world is more pertinent and difficult today than ever before. While Christianity’s historical failure to appreciate or actively engage Judaism is notorious, Christianity’s even more shoddy record with respect to “pagan” religions is less understood. Christians have inherited a virtually unanimous theological tradition that thinks of paganism in terms of demonic possession, and of Christian missions as a rescue operation that saves pagans from inherently evil practices.