Once Again: Modelling Early Christian Social Formations and Christ-Cult Groups among Graeco-Roman Cults
This essay traces the gradual development of an understanding of early Christian social formations and Christ-cult groups as subsets of Graeco-Roman associations from the History of Religions School in the nineteenth century to the present day. It argues that such an etic perspective is indispensabl...
| Published in: | Journal of early Christian history |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020
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| In: |
Journal of early Christian history
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| IxTheo Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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History of religion
B Graeco-roman Associations B Christ-cult groups B early Christian social formations B Comparative Religion B modelling cult groups |
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| Summary: | This essay traces the gradual development of an understanding of early Christian social formations and Christ-cult groups as subsets of Graeco-Roman associations from the History of Religions School in the nineteenth century to the present day. It argues that such an etic perspective is indispensable for understanding the living reality of Christ-cult groups in their Graeco-Roman contexts. Categorising Christ-cult groups as associations enables comparative theorising of Christian origins and the functioning of Christian social formations. Such comparisons with associations lead to new experimental readings of early Christian literature. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-4054 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2021.1950998 |