Early Christian Traditions

Rebecca Lyman is an Episcopal priest and the Samuel Garrett Professor of Church History at The Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California. A popular teacher and lecturer on church history, she has also been a translator for The New American Bible. Her research and writing focus on the early history and definition of orthodoxy and heresy.

• Chapter 1 Anglican Identity and Christian TraditionsChapter 2 The World of the Early Church: Romans, Jews, and ChristiansChapter 3 Apostolic Christianity: The Gnostic ControversiesChapter 4 Christianity and Social Crisis: Persecution, Unity, and HolinessChapter 5 Imperial Christianity: The Desert and the CityChapter 6 Who is Jesus? Early Images of ChristChapter 7 Who is God? Trinitarian Orthodoxy from Nicaea to AugustineChapter 8 The Church in Late Antiquity: Saints and Sinners in the City of GodPart 9 ResourcesPart 10 Questions for Discussion

As I was into the third (of eight) chapters [of Rebecca Lyman’s book] I had this strange (Holy Spirit type) feeling that this would be a wonderful book for anyone who has previously completed year three of EFM and would like to revisit the material from a different perspective.