RELI 127 - The New Testament and Early Christianity

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

This course examines the conflicts, social movements, theologies, texts and individuals that shaped early Christianity during its formative period, from the first through the fifth centuries CE. How did the ecstatic mysticism of a small, obscure minority group become the official religion of the Roman Empire? How did this “success” affect the way Christianity developed afterward, and its attitude toward difference, heresy, and authority?