Kinship as a Trustworthy Cue: The Signalling of Religious Expertise in the Epigraphy of Ephesian Voluntary Associations
This article addresses the relationship between religious expertise and kinship language in the inscriptions of Ephesian voluntary associations. I argue that kinship language functioned as a well-established rapid signaller of stable trustworthiness. I base my analysis on perspectives gained from ev...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 12-28 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions TB Antiquity ZA Social sciences |
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Epigraphy
B religious experts B voluntary associations B Kinship B Evolution B Prestige B Ephesus |
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| Summary: | This article addresses the relationship between religious expertise and kinship language in the inscriptions of Ephesian voluntary associations. I argue that kinship language functioned as a well-established rapid signaller of stable trustworthiness. I base my analysis on perspectives gained from evolutionary studies on religion, which I present before my analysis. As a conclusion to my analysis, I propose that a similar reliance on stable genealogical kinship also characterises early Christian expertise in Ephesus, even though only a few early Christian authorities had religious experts as close relatives. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-4054 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Modelling Christian Cult Groups among Graeco-Roman Cults: A Response (2020)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2020.1779102 |