The Origins of Christianity

Dr. Oliver concluded that one of the major weaknesses of our nation and civilization was its religion, which had been, since the latter years of the Roman Empire, some form of Christianity. With the objectivity of the scholar which he in fact was, he has set out over the last decade and a half of his life to trace the religion to its roots in the Middle East and to analyze the birth and mutation of its basic characters and ideas. The result is this book.