Dynamics of Identity in the World of the Early Christians
Subtitle: Associations, Judeans, and Cultural Minorities
By: Philip A. Harland.
Publisher: T & T Clark
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780567613288; 9780567111463
Subjects: Identification (Religion); Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity and other religions; Religions -- Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: Judean and Christian identities in the context of associations; title: Associations and group identity among Judeans and Christians; title: Local cultural life and Christian identity : Christ-bearers and fellow-initiates; title: Part II: Familial dimensions of group identity; title: Brothers in associations and congregations; title: Mothers and fathers in associations and synagogues; title: Part III: Identity and acculturation among Judeans and other ethnic associations; title: Other diasporas : immigrants, ethnic identities, and acculturation; title: Interaction and integration : Judean families and guilds at Hierapolis; title: Part IV: Group interactions and rivalries; title: Group rivalries and multiple identities : associations at Sardis and Smyrna; title: Perceptions of cultural minorities : anti-associations and their banquets.