Abstract:
Christians today find themselves in a gridlock of extremes.

Fundamentalists vs. social activists. Pacifists vs. God-state militarists. How did these contradictory belief systems evolve from the same roots? How can both extremes call themselves Christians?

Snider’s The Cultural Creation of Christianity has a two-fold purpose:

1) To interpret how Christianity was impacted by Jewish, Greek and Roman cultures as it was being formed.
2) To assess the differences between the contrasting forms of Christianity that evolved in the past 2,000 years and to understand their impact on social and political dynamics today.
An excellent resource for people disillusioned with Christian extremes in a society torn by religious animosities.