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Author : Todd D. Still,David G. Horrell
Publisher : T&T Clark
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030607757
'After the First Urban Christians' introduces the groundbreaking volume 'The First Urban Christians' to a new generation of students, scholars, and even general readers.
Author : Wayne A. Meeks
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300098618
Meeks analyzes the letters of Paul to see what kind of people joined the Christian groups in the urban centers and what it was like to be a Christian then.
Author : Steve Walton,Paul Trebilco,David W. J. Gill
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Church history
ISBN : 9780802874511
In the tradition of The First Urban Christians by Wayne Meeks, this book explores the relationship between the earliest Christians and the city environment. Experts in classics, early Christianity, and human geography analyze the growth, development, and self-understanding of the early Christian movement in urban settings. The book's contributors first look at how the urban physical, cultural, and social environments of the ancient Mediterranean basin affected the ways in which early Christianity progressed. They then turn to how the earliest Christians thought and theologized in their engagement with cities. With a rich variety of expertise and scholarship, The Urban World and the First Christians is an important contribution to the understanding of early Christianity.
Author : Thomas Arthur Robinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190620547
Challenges the consensus view of the urban character of early Christianity Demonstrates that almost every scenario in reconstructing early Christian growth is mathematically improbable and in many case impossible unless a rural dimension of the Christian movement is factored in Points to the likelihood that the marginal and the rustic made up a larger part of its membership than is generally recognized.
Author : Brent Fulton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498273381
China's Urban Christians: A Light That Cannot Be Hidden looks at how massive urbanization is redrawing not only the geographic and social landscape of China, but in the process is transforming China's growing church as well. The purpose of this book is to explore how Christians in China perceive the challenges posed by their new urban context and to examine their proposed means of responding to these challenges. Although not primarily political in nature, these challenges nonetheless illustrate the complex interplay between China's Christian community and the Chinese party-state as it comes to terms with the continued growth and increasing prominence of Christianity in modern China.
Author : Brian Sanders
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830876167
Life without church. It's getting easier to imagine. And maybe you already left. A leaver, then. Committed to Jesus, not an institution. Perhaps you've left your church in spirit, remaining in the pew. Outwardly silent. Secretly bored. In either case, Brian Sanders has a word for you. Out of his own experience as a leaver, Brian distills the complex problem into two viable options: Stay. Remain in your church with the blessing of Christ and in the power of his great vision for the church to come. Take the path of revolutionary leaving. Move purposefully, seeking the kingdom of God that is beyond institutions. Whether Sunday mornings find you alone in a one-bedroom apartment or isolated in a church of thousands, Brian reminds you to keep listening for God's call. Reform the church that is Christ's. Be it from the inside out, or the outside in.
Author : Todd D. Still,David G. Horrell
Publisher : T&T Clark
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215348017
'After the First Urban Christians' introduces the groundbreaking volume 'The First Urban Christians' to a new generation of students, scholars, and even general readers.
Author : James R. Harrison,L. L. Welborn
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781628371048
A fresh look at early urban churches This collection of essays examines the urban context of early Christian churches in the first-century Roman world. A city-by-city investigation of the early churches in the New Testament clarifies the challenges, threats, and opportunities that urban living provided for early Christians. Readers will come away with a better understanding of how scholars assemble an accurate picture of the cities in which the first Christians flourished. Features: Analysis of urban evidence of the inscriptions, papyri, archaeological remains, coins, and iconography Discussion of how to use different types of evidence responsibly Outline of what constitutes proper methodological use for establishing a nuanced, informed portrait of ancient urban life
Author : Steve Walton,Paul Trebilco,David W. J. Gill
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467449038
In the tradition of The First Urban Christians by Wayne Meeks, this book explores the relationship between the earliest Christians and the city environment. Experts in classics, early Christianity, and human geography analyze the growth, development, and self-understanding of the early Christian movement in urban settings. The book's contributors first look at how the urban physical, cultural, and social environments of the ancient Mediterranean basin affected the ways in which early Christianity progressed. They then turn to how the earliest Christians thought and theologized in their engagement with cities. With a rich variety of expertise and scholarship, The Urban World and the First Christians is an important contribution to the understanding of early Christianity.
Author : Revd Dr David Ivan Rankin
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409477037
From Clement to Origen addresses the engagement of a number of pre-Nicene Church Fathers with the surrounding culture. David Rankin considers the historical and social context of the Fathers, grouped in cities and regions, their writings and theological reflections, and discusses how the particular engagement of each with major aspects of the surrounding culture influences, informs and shapes their thought and the articulation of that thought. The social and historical context of the Church Fathers is explored with respect to the Roman state, the imperial office and imperial cult, Greco-Roman class structures and the patron-client system, issues of wealth production and other commercial activity, the major philosophical thinkers in antiquity, and to rhetorical theory and practice and the higher learning of the day.
Author : Ramsay MacMullen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300036426
Offers a secular perspective on the growth of the Christian Church in ancient Rome, identifies nonreligious factors in conversion, and examines the influence of Constantine
Author : Edward Adams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567157324
Edward Adams challenges a strong consensus in New Testament and Early Christian studies: that the early Christians met 'almost exclusively' in houses. This assumption has been foundational for research on the social formation of the early churches, the origins and early development of church architecture, and early Christian worship. Recent years have witnessed increased scholarly interest in the early 'house church'. Adams re-examines the New Testament and other literary data, as well as archaeological and comparative evidence, showing that explicit evidence for assembling in houses is not nearly as extensive as is usually thought. He also shows that there is literary and archaeological evidence for meeting in non-house settings. Adams makes the case that during the first two centuries, the alleged period of the 'house church', it is plausible to imagine the early Christians gathering in a range of venues rather than almost entirely in private houses. His thesis has wide-ranging implications.
Author : Walter H. Wagner
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451419864
Through deft use of available data and texts, Wagner brings the enigmatic second century to life. Selecting five fateful challenges--issues of Creation, human nature, Jesus' identities, roles of the church, and Christians in society--he shows what was at stake for emerging Christianity and how its five key players responded. Map; glossary; bibliography.
Author : Todd D. Still,Bruce W. Longenecker
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310419501
The study of Paul and his letters can be exciting, challenging, and life-changing, but only if it is done well and only if students achieve more than a basic familiarity with the subject. This is exactly what Pauline experts Bruce W. Longenecker and Todd D. Still accomplish with their new textbook aimed at college and seminary level courses on Paul and his writings. Longenecker and Still bring decades of study and expertise to Thinking through Paul, challenging readers to delve deeply into Paul’s writings and wrestle with his richly-layered and dynamic theological discourse. Seeking to situate their study of the Apostle in proper perspective, Longenecker and Still first look at Paul’s life before and after his encounter with the risen Christ en route to Damascus, then examine each of Paul’s letters individually, and finally synthesize the Pauline writings to highlight the main strands of Paul’s theologizing—all the while keeping in mind the particular context of first-century Christianity. Filled with images, maps, charts, and questions for further study and discussion, Thinking through Paul is both engaging and easy-to-follow, making it the perfect choice for classrooms and for interested readers.
Author : James R. Harrison,L. L. Welborn
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884141129
Investigate the challenges, threats, and opportunities experienced by the early church Volume two of The First Urban Churches focuses on the urban context of Christian churches in first-century Roman Corinth. An investigation of the material evidence of Corinth helps readers today understand properly the challenges, threats, and opportunities that the early Corinthian believers faced in the city. The essays demonstrate decisively the difference that such an approach makes in grappling with the meaning and context of the Corinthian epistles in the New Testament. Features: Analysis of urban evidence of the inscriptions, papyri, archaeological remains, coins, and iconography Proposed reeconstructions of the past and its social, religious, and political significance A nuanced, informed portrait of ancient urban life in Corinth
