Modelling Christian Cult Groups among Graeco-Roman Cults: A Response
This response engages with the articles in the themed issue of Journal of Early Christian History focusing on “modelling Christian cult groups among Graeco-Roman cults.” Three articles in the themed issue are responded to, namely those of Jin Hwan Lee and Jarkko Vikman, on the relationship between e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020
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Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 57-63 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BE Greco-Roman religions CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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consumption of sacrificed meat
B early Christ cults B Graeco-Roman cults B Religious Identity B early Christian leadership B ancient associations |
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| Summary: | This response engages with the articles in the themed issue of Journal of Early Christian History focusing on “modelling Christian cult groups among Graeco-Roman cults.” Three articles in the themed issue are responded to, namely those of Jin Hwan Lee and Jarkko Vikman, on the relationship between early Christian groups and ancient associations, and that of Margaret Froelich, about the debate on the consumption of sacrificed meat in 1 Cor 8. The response concludes that the view that early Christ followers were more “accommodating” of diverse cult participation and shaped their religious identity more instinctively as a habitus assists us in deconstructing traditional understandings of early Christianity as wholly unique and wholly different. As ancient associations and/or Graeco-Roman cults per se we might then suspect that the first groups of Christ followers were much more “at home” in Graeco-Roman society than Christian authors of the third and fourth centuries, and beyond, would want us to believe. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-4054 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Kinship as a Trustworthy Cue: The Signalling of Religious Expertise in the Epigraphy of Ephesian Voluntary Associations (2020)"
Kritik von "Reading 1 Cor 11:19 in Light of Election Practices in Private Associations (2020)" Kritik von "Sacrificed Meat in Corinth and Jesus Worship as a Cult Among Cults (2020)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2021.1948348 |