This book examines the newly institutionalized divinization of Caesar and Augustus at the advent of the Roman empire.

Weaving analysis and narrative throughout an illustrated text, the author provides an account of the major ideas of the Augustan age, and offers an interpretati

Winner of the 2013 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise Michael Peppard examines the social and political meaning of divine sonship in the Roma

How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique historical s