St. Paul : the apostle we love to hate
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references.

"A stirring account of the life of Paul, who brought Christianity to the Jews, by the most popular writer on religion in the English-speaking world, Karen Armstrong, author of The History of God, which has been translated into thirty languages"--,Provided by publisher.

St. Paul established the first Christian churches in Europe and Asia in the first century; transformed a minor sect into the largest religion produced by Western civilization; and advanced the revolutionary idea that Christ could serve as a model for the possibility of transcendence. Yet he had been a zealous Pharisee, and has long been considered a misogynist and a supporter of slavery. Armstrong discusses the little we know about aspects of the early life of St. Paul, shows how the life that followed forever changed the course of history.