Empire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected (Second-Fifth Centuries) by Wes Howard-Brook

Empire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected (Second-Fifth Centuries)

Wes Howard-Brook

368 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Through a study of the early church, this book shows how Christianity in effect opted for the religion of empire, shifting the emphasis of Jesus's prophetic message from transforming the world to the aim of saving one's soul.

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