Biblical and Theological Studies Faculty Works

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The history of Christian religious other interaction is more than the history of how thinkers, churches and communities have viewed the discrete religions. It is also a history of how Christians have come to understand religion as a human phenomenon. As we shall see in the last section of the article, Christianity helped to stimulate the modern academic study of religion experiencing, both positive and negative outcomes, in its understanding of its relationship with the religions. The individuals I have selected to carry the narrative have been chosen either for the significance of what they did and/or thought or for what I think they symbolized. Accordingly, I have chosen the apostle Paul for his role in leading the Jesus movement out of Judaism to gain an identity of its own. Tertullian was one of several outstanding apologists who sought to offer early formal responses to pagan folk religion and the classical intellectual tradition in which Greco-Roman life was rooted

Department(s)

Biblical and Theological Studies; Religious Studies Program

Publication Title

International Journal of Frontier Missions

Volume

14

Issue

1

First Page

39

Last Page

47

Publication Date

1997

ISSN

0743-2429

Comments

Originally published in the International Journal of Frontier Missions

Download
COinS