Associations, synagogues, and congregations
Subtitle: Claiming a Place in Ancient Mediterranean Society
By: Philip A. Harland.
Publisher: Fortress Press; Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Christian sociology -- Turkey -- History.; Jewish sociology -- Turkey -- History.; Emperor worship -- Turkey.; Associations, institutions, etc. -- Turkey -- History.; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-378) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1: Associations in Roman Asia; title: 1. Associations and Guilds: Varieties and Social Makeup; title: 2. Internal Activities and Purposes: Honoring the Gods, Feasting with Friends; title: 3. Associations in Civic Context: Symptoms of Decline or Participants in Vitality?; title: Part 2: Imperial Cults and Connections among Associations; title: 4. Imperial Gods within Religious Life: Cultic Honors; title: 5. Positive Interaction: Imperial Connections and Monumental Honors; title: 6. Tensions in Perspective: Civic Disturbances and Official Intervention; title: Part 3: Synagogues and Congregations within Society; title: 7. Comparing Socioreligious Groups in Antiquity; title: 8. Positive Interaction: Jews, Christians, and Imperial Honors in the Greek City; title: 9. Tensions in Perspective: Imperial Cults, Persecution, and the Apocalypse of John; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Some Dionysiac Associations; title: Bibliography