Bruce Worthington is assistant professor in New Testament and critical theory at the Divinity School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• Introduction: Christian Origins—Diminishing the Character of the EventChapter One: Modern Philosophy and the Event, or NotChapter Two: Alain Badiou: Event, Subjectivity, and Early ChristianityChapter Three: Revelation: The Logics of a New WorldChapter Four: Christianity Appears First as Itself

It is truly remarkable for such a young scholar to have such a profound understanding of the now problematic metanarratives that have controlled biblical interpretation. Not only that, but Worthington has laid out a compelling alternative approach to early Christianity, building on the philosophy of Alain Badiou, particularly his concepts of unprecedented events in history and his concept of a new truth that takes hold of communities of people.

Bruce Worthington is assistant professor in New Testament and critical theory at the Divinity School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• Introduction: Christian Origins—Diminishing the Character of the EventChapter One: Modern Philosophy and the Event, or NotChapter Two: Alain Badiou: Event, Subjectivity, and Early ChristianityChapter Three: Revelation: The Logics of a New WorldChapter Four: Christianity Appears First as Itself

It is truly remarkable for such a young scholar to have such a profound understanding of the now problematic metanarratives that have controlled biblical interpretation. Not only that, but Worthington has laid out a compelling alternative approach to early Christianity, building on the philosophy of Alain Badiou, particularly his concepts of unprecedented events in history and his concept of a new truth that takes hold of communities of people.

Bruce Worthington is assistant professor in New Testament and critical theory at the Divinity School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• Introduction: Christian Origins—Diminishing the Character of the EventChapter One: Modern Philosophy and the Event, or NotChapter Two: Alain Badiou: Event, Subjectivity, and Early ChristianityChapter Three: Revelation: The Logics of a New WorldChapter Four: Christianity Appears First as Itself

It is truly remarkable for such a young scholar to have such a profound understanding of the now problematic metanarratives that have controlled biblical interpretation. Not only that, but Worthington has laid out a compelling alternative approach to early Christianity, building on the philosophy of Alain Badiou, particularly his concepts of unprecedented events in history and his concept of a new truth that takes hold of communities of people.