In the beginning was the meal : social experimentation & early Christian identity /
Taussig, Hal.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-253) and indexes.
Experiencing the meal -- New paradigms for the study of early Christian identities -- The hellenistic and early Christian social practice of festive meals -- Ritual analysis : a new method for the study of early Christian meals -- The expansive character of early Christian meals -- Meals of resistance to Roman imperial power -- Meals and early Christian social experimentation -- Identity performance as a new paradigm for the study of Christian beginnings -- Epilogue : reflections on twenty-first-century Christian worship.
Christianity
Church history
Dinners and dining
Dinners and dining
Lord's Supper
Fasts and feasts.