Jesus and Addiction to Origins

Willi Braun is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and Classics and the Program in Religious Studies at the University of Alberta. Russell T. McCutcheon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama.

• Editor’s ForewordRussell T. McCutcheonPrefaceWilli BraunI. Generalities1. Religion: A Guide2. The Irony of Religion3. Introducing ReligionII. Particularities4. Jesus and Addiction to Origins5. Christian Origins and the Gospel of Mark: Fragments of a Story6. The Sayings Gospel Q and the Making of an Early Jesus Group7. In the Beginning Was Not the Word8. Sex, Gender and Empire: Virgins and Eunuchs in the Ancient Mediterranean World9. Physiotherapy of Femininity in Early Christianity: Ideology and Practice10. “Our Religion Compels Us to Make a Distinction”: Prolegomena on Meals and Social FormationIII. AfterwordReification, Religion, and the Relics of the PastWilliam E. Arnal, University of Regina