Foreword by Sue Monk Kidd A revolutionary investigation of Christianity’s roots that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion and its early dissemination. “With a prose cool, clear, and crisp, a tone positive, powerful, and persuasive, and a vision confident, collective, and collegial, After Jesus Before Christianity is good news, truth, and joy—as Christianity itself should always be.”—John Dominic Crossan, author of The Birth of Christianity and Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography “This book is a work of genius. You are about to read a book that possesses the potential to rewrite history.”—Sue Monk Kidd, bestselling author of The Dance of the Dissident Daughter and The Secret Life of Bees