Holy Strangeness

I just received word the other day that I was first runner-up (it sounds better than second place) in a writing competition put on by Asbury Theological Seminary, my graduate school. The competition—the David Bauer Prize for Excellence in Writing—was a new attempt to allow masters-level students at Asbury present their research and writing to peers.

The paper that I submitted is titled, “Holy Strangeness: Early Christian Distinctiveness and Public Witness in a Pluralistic World.” Essentially, the paper is a historical survey of several key, early beliefs and practices that marked the early (largely New Testament and Ante-Nicene in the paper) Christians out as a strange people in the ancient world. I then offer some reflections on how understanding early Christian distinctiveness can better inform modern Christians how to bear witness to Christ in a post-Christendom, pluralistic world.

You can read the paper by either clicking on my name in the after following the link above, or you can access it here. Enjoy!