S. H. Mathews teaches at Fruitland Baptist Bible College.

The significance of Mathews’s work is unquestionable. Besides the misuse of other spiritualgifts, the nature and practice of Christian fasting is the most misunderstood in some Africanchurch contexts... Mathews has provided the church with a very important tool for addressing the challenges related to the practice of fasting. In short, the book is the outcome of a thorough analysis of a topic that seems neglected by evangelical Christians today. It is relevant and worth reading.

• Introduction Chapter 1: An Anthropologist Reads the New TestamentChapter 2: Fasting in the Old Testament and Ancient Mediterranean World IntroductionChapter 3: Fasting in the New Testament: A Social-Scientific View of Fasting in the First-Century Mediterranean WorldChapter 4: Fasting in Evangelical ChristianityChapter 5: Evangelicalism and the New Testament in Dialogue

S. H. Mathews teaches at Fruitland Baptist Bible College.

The significance of Mathews’s work is unquestionable. Besides the misuse of other spiritualgifts, the nature and practice of Christian fasting is the most misunderstood in some Africanchurch contexts... Mathews has provided the church with a very important tool for addressing the challenges related to the practice of fasting. In short, the book is the outcome of a thorough analysis of a topic that seems neglected by evangelical Christians today. It is relevant and worth reading.

• Introduction Chapter 1: An Anthropologist Reads the New TestamentChapter 2: Fasting in the Old Testament and Ancient Mediterranean World IntroductionChapter 3: Fasting in the New Testament: A Social-Scientific View of Fasting in the First-Century Mediterranean WorldChapter 4: Fasting in Evangelical ChristianityChapter 5: Evangelicalism and the New Testament in Dialogue