The generative force of memory: early Christian traditions as processes of remembering
This article seeks to carry forward recent work on social or cultural memory in relation to the early Christian tradition. It develops the concept of a memorially empowered tradition which operates less as transmission of traditions, and more precisely as a functioning social memory, e.g., as a dyna...
| Published in: | Biblical theology bulletin |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
2006
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| In: |
Biblical theology bulletin
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Collective memory
/ Primitive Christianity
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Socio-historical exegesis
B Memory B Primitive Christianity B Method |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | This article seeks to carry forward recent work on social or cultural memory in relation to the early Christian tradition. It develops the concept of a memorially empowered tradition which operates less as transmission of traditions, and more precisely as a functioning social memory, e.g., as a dynamic driven by the desire to keep Jesus' words alive by making them communicate to the present. Memory understood as a continual process of commemorating activities, intent on remembering the past while simultaneously addressing social identity in the present, is seen as the grand motivating force of tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 0045-1843 |
| Contains: | In: Biblical theology bulletin
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