By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2026-06-05T06:08:15-04:00July 1st, 2026|Tags: Church, Community, Early Church, Heaven, Parables|
So I think it can be hugely shaping. And it makes it really kind of a perfect example of something with no physical structure that can still be very core to our identity and how we live our lives. An interview with Dr. Karen Winell.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2026-05-08T04:33:47-04:00March 11th, 2026|Tags: Christian Heresies, Christian History by the Century, Early Christian Communities, Early Church, Manichaeism, Mary|
While Nicene Christianity remained dominant in the Eastern Empire, Arian rulers governed much of the West, often tolerating Nicene Christians but maintaining separate ecclesiastical systems. Thus theological division mirrored geopolitical division.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2026-01-27T16:45:59-05:00January 27th, 2026|Tags: Apostles, Early Church, Gospel of Judas, Tchacos Codex|
The Gospel of Judas is often read as a harsh rejection of Jesus’s disciples and their successors. But when the disciples express remorse and ask Jesus to cleanse them, does the text show unexpected sympathy?. An interview with Dr. Lance Jenott
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2025-10-28T15:10:31-04:00October 28th, 2025|Tags: Christianity, Church, Early Christian Communities, Early Church|
Most of what we know about early Christianity comes from Eusebius—but recent scholarship shows his story is misleading. Join us to explore dynamic new perspectives that reveal a far more diverse and complex Christian past. An interview with Dr. Lillian Larsen
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2025-10-06T10:40:57-04:00October 1st, 2025|Tags: Christianity, Early Church, Jesus, Religious Boundaries, Theology|
This is not only an entertaining story, but deeply significant in terms of the development of Christian thought going on in the second century, when so many things were happening, and in such a robust period of time. An interview with the Reverend Benjamin Wyatt
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2024-09-25T02:47:34-04:00September 25th, 2024|Tags: Apostles, Early Church|
Early Christian monks who lived in monasteries sought spiritual guidance from biblical characters and elder monks, rather than church leaders and theologians. Their stories illustrate the struggles with early Christian authority. Presenter: Dr. Joshua Schachterle with host Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2024-06-28T11:28:23-04:00July 3rd, 2024|Tags: Apostles, Early Church, Empowerment, Humor|
"Whatever unity there may have ever been, it's now been lost, and if we are continuing to vie for priority on apostolic grounds, we're missing the point." An interview with Dr. Kimberly Bauser McBrien.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2024-06-27T00:23:20-04:00June 26th, 2024|Tags: Early Christian Communities, Early Church, Greco-Roman, Manichaeism, Religious Boundaries|
We have a habit of confining our thinking about early Christianity only in the context of the Roman Empire. But the real maps of Christian location were far greater and much further East. Presenter: Dr. Jason BeDuhn with guest host Sara Barnacle
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-10-08T13:58:16-04:00September 26th, 2023|Tags: Christianity, Early Church, Gender Issues, Judaism, Women|
It is difficult to learn about the lives of Jewish and Christian women in antiquity because most of the written history was written by men who embodied the prevalent male-dominating attitudes of the era. Presenters: Dr. Sara Parks and Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-08-30T06:31:17-04:00August 30th, 2023|Tags: Early Church, Sex, Women|
Understanding Augustine’s teaching about human sexuality more accurately uncovers his capability of genuinely interrogating our modern cultural assumptions. As we reassess the criticisms, we can understand his cultural assumptions better too. Presenters: Dr. Sarah Morice-Brubaker and Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Dr. B. Brandon Scott|2023-05-24T02:50:47-04:00May 24th, 2023|Tags: Church, Early Church, Jesus, John the Baptist, Surprising Things about Jesus|
Did Jesus study with Buddhist monks in India? Were the official documents from Jesus’s trial before Pilate kept in Rome? Did Jesus establish the Christian church?
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-05-09T09:18:25-04:00February 1st, 2023|Tags: Bible, Book of Acts, Early Church, Paul, Peter|
One of the issues that’s really beginning to affect these communities and the second and third generation is the question of authority. … How do we know that our group is doing things right? An interview with Dr. Perry Kea.
