Experience With the Supernatural in Early Christian Times [Paperback]

Shirley Jackson Case (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 26, 2003

Supernaturalism runs like a scarlet thread through the whole Christians' Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Many a Christian today passes hastily over the miracle stories in the Scriptures and dwells with greater satisfaction on the less spectacular portrayal of men's moral ideals and spiritual struggles abundantly recorded in his sacred book. Why did the advocates of the new religion concern themselves so extensively with the imagery of supernaturalism? To answer this question is the purpose of the present volume. Contents: age of supernaturalism; visibility of spirits; media of revelation; heroic redeemers; suppliant humanity; protection for society; help for the individual; destiny of the soul; fate of the mind.

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About the Author

SHIRLEY JACKSON CASE (1872-1947) was a liberal theologian at the University of Chicago. Case was regarded as perhaps the finest scholar of the socio-historical method, which viewed the Bible as telling and reflecting the history of a movement that had its own needs and goals. She is also the author of The Historicity of Jesus, which is one of the earliest book-length scholarly refutations of the Jesus Myth. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 348 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (July 26, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766172910
• ISBN-13: 978-0766172913
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,400,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)