A Social History Of Christian Origins

Author : Richard Horsley
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9781451416640

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Dealing with a time when "Christians" were moving towards separation from the movement's Jewish origins, this inaugural volume of A People's History of Christianity tells "the people's story" by gathering together evidence from the New Testament texts, archaeology, and other contemporary sources. Of particular interest to the distinguished group of scholar-contributors are the often overlooked aspects of the earliest "Christian" consciousness: How, for example, did they manage to negotiate allegiances to two social groups? How did they deal with crucial issues of wealth and poverty? What about the participation of slaves and women in these communities? How did living in the shadow of the Roman Empire color their religious experience and economic values?

Author : Simon J. Joseph
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000822120

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A Social History of Christian Origins by Simon J. Joseph Pdf

A Social History of Christian Origins explores how the theme of the Jewish rejection of Jesus – embedded in Paul’s letters and the New Testament Gospels – represents the ethnic, social, cultural, and theological conflicts that facilitated the construction of Christian identity. Readers of this book will gain a thorough understanding of how a central theme of early Christianity – the Jewish rejection of Jesus – facilitated the emergence of Christian anti-Judaism as well as the complex and multi-faceted representations of Jesus in the Gospels of the New Testament. This study systematically analyses the theme of social rejection in the Jesus tradition by surveying its historical and chronological development. Employing the social-psychological study of social rejection, social identity theory, and social memory theory, Joseph sheds new light on the inter-relationships between myth, history, and memory in the study of Christian origins and the contemporary (re)construction of the historical Jesus. A Social History of Christian Origins is primarily intended for academic specialists and students in ancient history, biblical studies, New Testament studies, Religious Studies, Classics, as well as the general reader interested in the beginnings of Christianity.

Author : Richard A. Horsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 1451416660

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Dealing with a time when followers of Jesus were moving toward separation from the movement's Jewish origins, this [book] tells "the people's story" by gathering together evidence from the New Testament texts, archaeology, and other contemporary sources.-Back cover

Author : Howard Clark Kee
Publisher : Macmillan College
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015019396327

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Christianity by Howard Clark Kee Pdf

Written by contributing scholars who are experts in specific facets of developing Christianity, this survey provides a well-rounded introduction to the history of Christianity and is ideal for anyone interested in the impact of Christianity of world culture down through history. It shows how Christianity emerged from its original Jewish context and developed into a worldwide religion, offering perceptive studies on how its origins and development were influenced by the changing social and cultural contexts in which the founders and leaders of this tradition lived and thought. Provides detailed evidence of the influence of Greco-Roman and Jewish religious concepts and religious movements on the origins of Christianity, considers the structuring of the church conceptually and organizationally in Europe, and discusses Christianity's spread and growth in America and throughout the world. Looks at the profound impact of the culture of the later Roman and medieval world on the development of Christian doctrine and intellectual traditions and helps readers understand the reasons for the divisions between Catholic and Protestant traditions.

Author : Howard Clark Kee
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015004800184

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Christian Origins in Sociological Perspective by Howard Clark Kee Pdf

"A major contribution to an increasingly important field--the sociological study of Christian origins. Dr. Kee's perceptive biblical investigation into the beginnings of historical Christianity demonstrates how the social sciences can add new insights to our present understanding and interpretation of the early Christian movement. Kee discusses the early Christians' view of society, how the first leaders launched the movement, the interaction between the early church and culture in the second century, and the functions the New Testament writings were originally intended to serve. "It is hoped," writes Kee. "that this historical strategy will be of service in placing the ancient texts and documents in a context more nearly appropriate to them...It is presented as a requisite step looking forward to the larger task of constructing a comprehensive picture of the social dynamics by which Christianity emerged and grew on the stage of history."" - Publisher

Author : James G. Crossley
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114448355

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Why Christianity Happened by James G. Crossley Pdf

Looking beyond theological narratives and offering a sociological, economic, and historical examination of the spread of earliest Christianity, James Crossley presents a thoroughly secular and causal explanation for why the once law-observant movement within Judaism became the beginnings of a new religion. First analyzing the historiography of the New Testament and stressing the problematic omission of a social scientific account, Crossley applies a socioeconomic lens to the rise of the Jesus movement and the centrality of sinners to his mission. Using macrosociological approaches, he explains how Jesus' Jewish teachings sparked the shift toward a gentile religion and an international monotheistic trend. Finally, using approaches from conversion studies, he provides a sociohistorical explanation for the rise of the Pauline mission.

Author : Diana Butler Bass
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061448706

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A People's History of Christianity by Diana Butler Bass Pdf

For too long, the history of Christianity has been told as the triumph of orthodox doctrine imposed through power and hierarchy. In A People's History of Christianity, historian and religion expert Diana Butler Bass reveals an alternate history that includes a deep social ethic and far-reaching inclusivity: "the other side of the story" is not a modern phenomenon, but has always been practiced within the church. Butler Bass persuasively argues that corrective—even subversive—beliefs and practices have always been hallmarks of Christianity and are necessary to nourish communities of faith. In the same spirit as Howard Zinn's groundbreaking work The People's History of the United States, Butler Bass's A People's History of Christianity brings to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and social activism. A People's History of Christianity authenticates the vital, emerging Christian movements of our time, providing the historical evidence that celebrates these movements as thoroughly Christian and faithful to the mission and message of Jesus.

Author : Karl Kautsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317816980

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Foundations of Christianity (Routledge Revivals) by Karl Kautsky Pdf

First published in 1925, Karl Kautsky presents a Marxist history of Christianity and Christian society. Divided into four key sections, the book begins by considering the personality of Jesus as portrayed within Pagan and Christian sources and highlighting the Church’s difficulty in presenting a unified and concurrent image of Jesus and interpretation of His words. Next, Kautsky analyses the structure of Roman society, with particular emphasis on the slave-holding system, the Roman State and the historiography of the period. In the third section, an early history of the Jewish people is presented, whilst the final section discusses the beginnings of Christianity and the social struggles present within early Christian society. This is a fascinating reissue, which will be of particular interest to students of Church History, Christian theology and the various interpretations of Jesus.

Author : Burton L. Mack
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451404662

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A Myth of Innocence by Burton L. Mack Pdf

"This imaginative book is not just a study of the Gospel of Mark, but of primitive Christianity in all its variegated forms, for which it represents a new paradigm ... It deserves serious reflection and discussion at several levels, in a variety of contexts, by quite diversified discussion partners."? James M. Robinson, Professor Emeritus, Claremont Graduate University"This is an epic-making work because it turns scholarship on its head. Mack asks questions not about origins but about social meaning. The entire conception of what we want to know, why we want to know it, and how we shall find it out is new and compelling."? Jacob Neusner, Bard College"A Myth of Innocence is the most penetrating historical work on the origins of Christianity written by an American scholar in this century. Its strikingly innovative feature is the recombination of literary and social histories, and the placement of diverse Jesus movements into their respective social contexts."? Werner H. Kelber, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

Author : Shirley Jackson Case
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Christian sociology
ISBN : PSU:000018032772

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Author : George W. E. Nickelsburg
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 145140848X

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Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins by George W. E. Nickelsburg Pdf

In the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, Christian scholars portrayed Judaism as the dark religious backdrop to the liberating events of Jesus' life and the rise of the early church. Since the 1950s, however, a dramatic shift has occurred in the study of Judaism, driven by new manuscript and archaeological discoveries and new methods and tools for analyzing sources. George Nickelsburg here provides a broad and synthesizing picture of the results of the past fifty years of scholarship on early Judaism and Christianity. He organizes his discussion around a number of traditional topics: scripture and tradition, Torah and the righteous life, God's activity on humanity's behalf, agents of God's activity, eschatology, historical circumstances, and social settings. Each of the chapters discusses the findings of contemporary research on early Judaism, and then sketches the implications of this research for a possible reinter-pretation of Christianity. Still, in the author's view, there remains a major Jewish-Christian agenda yet to be developed and implemented.

Author : Ross Shepard Kraemer,Mary Rose D'Angelo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0195355911

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Women and Christian Origins by Ross Shepard Kraemer,Mary Rose D'Angelo Pdf

This new collection of fourteen integrated, original essays by prominent scholars and experienced teachers provides a comprehensive and accessible entree to current research on women and the origins of Christianity. Engaging for both the interested reader and the specialist in religion, Women and Christian Origins is sensitive to feminist theory and attentive to distinctions between the (re)construction of women's history in early Christian churches and ancient constructions of gender difference

Author : Stanley E. Porter,Andrew W. Pitts
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004234161

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Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture by Stanley E. Porter,Andrew W. Pitts Pdf

In "Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture," Stanley Porter and Andrew Pitts assemble an international team of scholars whose work has focused on reconstructing the social matrix for earliest Christianity through the use of Greco-Roman materials and literary forms. Each essay moves forward the current understanding of how primitive Christianity situated itself in relation to evolving Hellenistic culture. Some essays focus on configuring the social context for the origins of the Jesus movement and beyond, while others assess the literary relation between early Christian and Greco-Roman texts.

Author : Ronald Dean Cameron,Merrill P. Miller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004130647

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Redescribing Christian Origins by Ronald Dean Cameron,Merrill P. Miller Pdf

These essays challenge the traditional picture of Christian origins. Making use of social anthropology, they move away from traditional assumptions about the foundations of Christianity to propose that its historical beginnings are best understood as reflexive social experiments.

Author : Etienne Nodet,Justin Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021932715

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The Origins of Christianity by Etienne Nodet,Justin Taylor Pdf

Etienne Nodet and Justin Taylor investigate the character of the early Christian community by looking at the origins of baptism and the Eucharist and the links between them. A fundamental work on the initiation sacraments, "The Origins of Christianity" focuses on the Essenes at the time that this tradition-bound culture came in contact with the Gentiles. The result was a profound change that transformed a sect into a church.