The Church in Acts: Universality of Salvation, Ethnicity, and Philanthropy
This study looks at the relationship between (salvific) universalism and (ethnic) particularism in the Book of Acts. In the wake of Matthew Sleeman’s study of Lukan geography and its application of Edward Soja’s concept of ‘third space,’ the article argues that it is the celestial enlargement of the...
| Subtitles: | Universalité, ethnicité et espaces: la construction de l’identité aux origines du christianisme |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ed. Dehoniane
2019
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| In: |
Annali di storia dell'esegesi
Year: 2019, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 433-452 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Acts of the Apostles
/ Roman Empire
/ Society
/ Imperialism
/ Ethnicity
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethnicity in the Bible
B Spatiality B History; Religious aspects; Christianity B Ascension B Ethnicity B Bible . Luke-Acts; Criticism, interpretation B Universalism B Bible . Acts; Criticism, Narrative B Salvation; Christianity; History of doctrines B Acts of the Apostles B Endowments |
| Summary: | This study looks at the relationship between (salvific) universalism and (ethnic) particularism in the Book of Acts. In the wake of Matthew Sleeman’s study of Lukan geography and its application of Edward Soja’s concept of ‘third space,’ the article argues that it is the celestial enlargement of the cognitive horizon in the ascension of Jesus Christ that lets the author ad Theophilum establish a belief-based identity that is inclusive of differences without being simply non-ethnical. |
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| ISSN: | 1120-4001 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi
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