Early Christianity and the Challenge of Writing History

Proposing a contemporary, post-postmodern reading of history that goes far beyond the field of Early Christianity, this study interrogates traditional historical approaches and challenges scholars and students to contradict, engage with, and argue over established interpretations of events.

Markus Vinzent held the Chair for the History of Theology in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London from 2010-2022. A Fellow of the European Academy of Science in Vienna, and the Max-Weber-Institut for Advanced Studies at Erfurt University, he is author, most recently, of Resetting the Origins of Christianity (2023) and Writing the History of Early Christianity (2019).