{"product_id":"9780874867398","title":"The Two Ways: The Early Christian Vision of Discipleship from the Shepherd of Hermas and the Didache","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHow did earliest Christians receive and understand the teaching of Jesus and the apostles?\u003c\/b\u003e These writings, among the earliest used in training new disciples, show a clear, vibrant, practical faith concerned with all aspects of discipleship in daily life—vocation, morality, family life, social justice, the sacraments, prophesy, citizenship, and leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFor the most part,\u003c\/b\u003e these writings have remained buried in academia, analyzed by scholars but seldom used for building up the church community. Now, at a time when Christians of every persuasion are seeking clarity by returning to the roots of their faith, these simple, direct teachings shed light on what it means to be a follower of Christ in any time or place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Didache,\u003c\/i\u003e an anonymous work\u003c\/b\u003e composed in the late first century AD, was lost for centuries before being rediscovered in 1873. \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd\u003c\/i\u003e was written by a former slave named Hermas in the second century AD or possibly even earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plough Publishing House, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032329240816,"sku":"9780874867398","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780874867398_p0.jpg?v=1769912296","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780874867398","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}