S2 Ep1077: The Early Church on Military Service and Killing: Dr. George Kalantzis

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🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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George was born and raised by the shadow of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, and moved to the United States after highschool. He recieved his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and currently serves as a professor of Theology at Wheaton College. George is the author of several books and peer reviewed articles, including the book that forms the basis of our conversation: Caesar and the Lamb: Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service. https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/faculty/george-kalantzis/

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology in Iran.
0:02.8	My guest today is Dr. George Kalansis.
0:05.0	George is a professor of theology and director of the Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies
0:09.3	at Wheaton College in outside of Chicago.
0:12.4	George has several master's degrees and a PhD in religious and theological studies from
0:18.5	Northwestern University's author of a few books including my favorite titled Caesar and
0:24.5	the Lamb Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service, which basically
0:29.9	is the topic of our discussion today.
0:32.0	So please welcome to the show, the one that only Dr. George Kalansis.
0:41.4	George Kalansis, a scholar that I've admired, I mean from a distance for a while, never
0:51.4	does it first time we're talking, so thanks so much for coming on Theology in Iran.
0:54.9	Thank you.
0:55.9	Wonderful meeting you.
0:57.3	We're just chatting offline.
0:59.0	Your book Caesar and the Lamb Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service, I love
1:03.6	the cover.
1:04.6	Did you pick this out?
1:05.6	This is really daring.
1:06.6	No, no.
1:07.6	The publisher did.
1:08.6	Okay.
1:09.6	We had a little bit of a debate about the cover because the book is about the Roman Empire
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