The Omphalos and the Cross: Pagans and Christians in Search of a Divine Center.(Book Review) International Bulletin of Missionary Research | January 1, 2004| | COPYRIGHT 2004 Overseas Ministries Study Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

By Paul Ciholas. Macon, Ga.: Mercer Univ. Press, 2003. Pp. viii, 513. Paperback $35.

Juxtaposing omphalos (Gk. "navel" [of the earth]) and cross as contrasting symbols seeking "a divine center" (chap. 1)--one of space, the other beyond time--is an intriguing approach to the diversity of religious influences in the Roman and post-Roman epochs. The volume takes on significance and strength by allowing voices, pagan and Christian, to speak in their own terms and increasingly over against one another. Paul Ciholas (retired, Kentucky State University), however, hesitates ...

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