Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling, by Nijay K. Gupta
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary and author of numerous works in New Testament and biblical studies.His latest book, Strange Religion, considers the "strangeness" of early Christians.The seeds of this book were planted when a few students asked him why early Christians called themselves "believers," given that the label would have sounded strange to their fellow citizens.This question sent him on the hunt for the other "weird" beliefs and behaviors that deviated "from cultural norms and society's expectations for how things ought to be done."For Gupta, it is not as if the early Christians were trying to be weird, but the gospel fundamentally "changed their orientation" in ways that put them at odds with their culture (3).
DOI: 10.54669/001c.137059
Author: Stephen O. Presley
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409922336