New Publication! "Helluari Libris: On Stoicism, Distinction, and Early Christianity" Religion & Theology

I recently published a piece on how the mocking of Stoics might inform certain aspects of the reception of Christianity. I've posted a preview on Academia.edu. Enjoy!

Helluari Libris: On Stoicism, Distinction, and Early Christianity
This essay engages the theme "Manufacturing Religion: From Christian Origins to Classical Islam" by challenging scholarly assumptions about the rapid reception and cohesion of new or developing philosophical and religious movements in Greek
Helluari Libris
Abstract This essay engages the theme “Manufacturing Religion: From Christian Origins to Classical Islam” by challenging scholarly assumptions about the rapid reception and cohesion of new or developing philosophical and religious movements in Greek and Roman antiquity. To illustrate this issue, I p…