Author: Joseph H. Hellerman Publisher: Fortress Press ISBN: 9780800632489 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
The author explores the literature of the first three centuries of the church in terms of group identity and formation as surrogate kinship. Why did this become the organizing model in the earliest churches? How did historical developments intervene to shift the paradigm? How do ancient Mediterranean kinship structures correlate with church formation? Hellerman traces the fascinating story of these developments over three centuries and what brought them about. His focus is the New Testament documents (especially Paul's letters), second-century authors, and concluding with Cyprian in the third century. Kinship terminology in these writings, behaviors of group solidarity, and the symbolic power of kinship language in these groups are examined.
Author: Joseph H. Hellerman Publisher: B&H Publishing Group ISBN: 0805447792 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 242
Book Description
A study of the early Christian church in the Mediterranean region and its emphasis on collective good over individual desire clarifies much about what is wrong with the American church today.
Author: W.A. Strange Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 159244668X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 135
Book Description
Jesus talks about children often, and we quote him time after time. But are we correctly understanding the position of children as Jesus intended? In this thorough, nontechnical summary, Dr. Strange provides a wealth of cultural background that often challenges popular assumptions. Within this framework he also discusses key Bible passages, looking especially at the role Jesus ascribes to children in his Kingdom and in relation to church membership, baptism, and the Eucharist. He draws from the many sources available on the position of children in the ancient world, the writings of the New Testament, and the early church. The author concludes by encouraging us to be passionately involved with children and to imitate them in our adult discipleship, motivated by the example of Jesus himself. Anyone involved in children's ministry, in education, or with an interest in the doctrinal position of children in the church will find this book of interest and value.
Author: David L. Balch Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing ISBN: 9780802839862 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 444
Book Description
Much has been written about the Roman family unit, but relatively little about the early Christian period, comparing Roman, Jewish and Christian concepts of the family.
Author: Halvor Moxnes Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134757433 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
The family is a topical issue for studies of the Ancient world. Family, household and kinship have different connotations in antiquity from their modern ones. This volume expands that discussion to investigate the early Christian family structures within the larger Graeco-Roman context. Particular emphasis is given to how family metaphors, such as 'brotherhood' function to describe relations in early Christian communities. Asceticism and the rejection of sexuality are considered in the context of Christian constructions of the family. Moxnes' volume presents a comprehensive and timely addition to the study of familial and social structures in the Early Christian world, which will certainly stimulate further debate.
Author: John A McGuckin Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA) ISBN: 9781640600065 Category : Prayers Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Prayers and rituals from the ancient Church (especially early Greek Christianity), re-presenting them ofor the use of 21st-century Christians at home, in small prayer groups, cohorts, and house churches.
Author: David Robinson Publisher: Paraclete Press ISBN: 1557257736 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
This field-tested guidebook presents Benedictine spirituality and monastic spiritual practices as a source of wisdom and practical guidance for Christian formation today.
Author: Carol Bakhos Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674050835 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
"Abrahamic religions" has gained currency in scholarly and ecumenical circles as a way to refer to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Carol Bakhos steps back from the convention to ask: What is Abrahamic about these three faiths? She challenges references to Judaism and Islam as sibling religions and warns against uncritical adoption of the term.
Author: Joseph H. Hellerman
Author: Joseph H. Hellerman
Author: W.A. Strange
Author: David L. Balch
Author: Halvor Moxnes
Author: Luke H. Davis
Author: John A McGuckin
Author: David Robinson
Author: Carol Bakhos
Author: Ronald E. Heine