RT Article T1 Early Christian Identity Formation: From Ethnicity and Theology to Socio-Narrative Criticism JF Currents in biblical research VO 9 IS 2 SP 228 OP 237 A1 Baker, Coleman A. LA English PB Sage YR 2011 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1775177319 AB In this article, the author traces four trajectories in which early Christian identity formation has been studied in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: ethnicity, theology, social-scientific, and literary. The author concludes by suggesting a way forward that includes interdisciplinary work that combines the insights of these four trends. K1 socio-narrative criticism K1 Identity K1 F.C. Baur K1 Early Christian Identity DO 10.1177/1476993X10383834