Christ groups & associations : foundational essays / Richard S. Ascough, editor.

Other author Ascough, Richard S., editor.
Format Book
PublicationWaco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2022]
Descriptionxiv, 418 pages ; 23 cm
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Variant title Christ groups and associations
Contents Introducing the conversation / Richard S. Ascough -- I. Initiating the conversation (1866-1927). St. Paul and the Pagan Guilds (1927) / Thomas Wilson -- The religious legislation of the period (1866) / Ernest Renan -- Bishops and deacons (1881) / Edwin Hatch -- Christianity and the Collegia (1906) / E.G. Hardy -- Edwin Hatch, churches and Collegia (1993) / John S. Kloppenborg -- On the exegetical interest in ancient associations in the 19th and 20th centuries (2006) / Thomas Schmeller -- II. Reanimating the conversation (1960-1984). Unofficial associations: Koinonia (1960) / E.A. Judge -- Patrons and officers in club and church (1977) / L. William Countryman -- Christianity as a burial society (1984) / Robert L. Wilken -- A Hellenistic cult group and the New Testament churches (1981) / S.C. Barton and G.H.R. Horsley -- The formation of the Ekkl esia (1983) / Wayne A. Meeks -- III. Moving the conversation forward (1999-2013). Paul's house churches and the cultic associations (1999) / James R. Harrison -- Voluntary associations and the formation of Pauline Christian communities: overcoming the objections (2006) / Richard S. Ascough -- Roman legislation on associations and Christian communities (2002) / Markus Ohler -- Christ-bearers and fellow-initiates: local cultural life and Christian identity in Ignatius' letters (2003) / Philip A. Harland -- Membership practices in Pauline Christ groups (2013) / John S. Kloppenborg.
Abstract "The chapters in this volume represent some of the most influential figures and their arguments across three major period of interest in the development of using associations as a model for understanding early Christ groups." [taken from back cover-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 345-388) and indexes.
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