Jim Papandrea on the Church Fathers & Patristic Exegesis
Who were the early Church Fathers? How did they interpret the Scripture? And how did their interpretations change over time and shape Christianity? Prof. Jim Papandrea of Garrett-Evangelical...
View ArticleRodney Stark on the Triumph of Christianity, Part 1
In 2012, Christians represented roughly 2.8 billion people (or 40%) of the world’s 7 billion inhabitants. How did a small group of individuals representing what could be considered a Jewish sect on...
View ArticleRodney Stark on the Triumph of Christianity, Part II
What path did Christianity take following Emperor Constantine’s Edict of Milan in 313? We address this question with Prof. Rodney Stark, co-founder and co-director of Baylor University’s Institute for...
View ArticleRon Mock on Pacifism, War, and Terrorism
In light of the eleventh anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, and with an eye towards more recent assaults on US diplomatic missions overseas, we explore the topic of Christian pacifism...
View ArticleSarah Bond on the Church and Funerals in Late Antiquity
It has been said that the only thing certain in life are death and taxes. If that is the case, then Dr. Sarah Bond — assistant professor of history at Marquette University — has discovered a very...
View ArticleJim Papandrea on Christianity’s Seven Revolutions
What difference does a religious tradition make? If it is Christianity, Prof. Jim Papandrea of the Garrett-Evangelical Seminary at Northwestern University says it matters a great deal. Jim returns to...
View ArticleSarah Bond on the Church & Funerals in Late Antiquity (Encore Presentation)
(The following is an encore presentation of an earlier podcast. The RoR staff is taking a short break and we will be back shortly with more crescent fresh episodes!) It has been said that the only...
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