Sunday School Sins

About the Book

Sunday school teaching is a perverse affair. Many teachers hide the origins of Christianity behind miraculous stories because they fear that telling what really occurred would attract no one. Of course, some teachers have only the stories because they teach a subject they do not know. These people do wrong or, theologically speaking, they sin. As a corrective, Sunday School Sins presents a humorous romp through early Christianity. The book details the origins of the faith, presenting in an entertaining fashion what scholars have known and have been writing about in academic journals for the last two hundred years.

About the Author

Prof. Barry Ferst has spent the last twenty years researching the impact of Greco-Roman polytheism and culture on the early development of Christian theology and mythology. A college professor, he lectures on Greco-Roman philosophy and has organized numerous academic conferences on inter-faith harmony and ancient and modern Western religions. He has made sixteen trips overseas, traveling throughout the Mediterranean studying the art, culture, and religions of that part of the globe. He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities summer study grants and has recently participated in a Mofet Institute-Soul Train educator’s tour of Israel.