Contents -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Short Titles -- Chapter 1: The Folly of the Cross -- Chapter 2: The Scandal of the Cross -- Chapter 3: Christ, the Image of the Church -- Chapter 4: The Age of the Spirit -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Topical Bibliography -- Ecstasy and Early Christianity -- Hellenistic Religion -- The Historical Jesus, the Gospels, and Christology -- Judaism and Messianism -- Paul and the Pauline Churches -- Pentecostalism and Other Cross-Cultural Analogies -- Sociology of Religion and Early Christianity -- Index.