Birth of a Worldview is a groundbreaking intellectual history of the making of the worldview that came to define western Christian culture for two millennia. Using a broad range of primary sources, Robert Doran narrates the story of how early thinkers wrestled with philosophical and cultural questions in order to form a view that would make sense of their place in the world.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Christians and the Roman World: A Sense of Belonging Chapter 3 Cosmos: The Quest for Order Chapter 4 Jews in the Roman Empire Chapter 5 The First Steps: Articulating Alienation Chapter 6 The Source of Power Chapter 7 The Human Condition Chapter 8 "Neither Male nor Female"