Early Christian Families in Context Monica K. Schnicke Pleasant's legacy is steeped in

Pleasant's legacy is steeped in scandals and lore

he dedicated his life to the struggle for justice for farm workers and urban working-class Latinos and helped build the first multiracial farm workers union

classrooms and proposes translanguaging as a promising approach

the wealthys increasing political power is biasing policy away from the public interest and toward the financial interests of the rich

anticapitalist environmental justice activists and elite tech corporations increasingly see eye to eye

Early Christian Families in Context Monica K. Schnicke Pleasant's legacy is steeped inTypical studies of marriage and family in the early Christian period focus on very limited evidence found in Scripture. This interdisciplinary book offers a broader, richer picture of the first Christian families by drawing together research by experts ranging from archaeologists to ancient historians. By exploring the nature of households in the ancient Greco Roman world, the contributors assemble a new understanding of ancient Christian families