Kingdom and community : the social world of early Christianity / John G. Gager. [print]

By:

Gager, John G [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780135162033
9780135162118

LOC classification:

BR166
BR166.G133.K564 1975

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Contents:

The end of time and the rise of community. Earliest Christianity as a millenarian movement ; Christian missions and the theory of cognitive dissonance ; The attainment of millennial bliss through myth : the book of Revelation -- The quest for legitimacy and consolidation. The question of legitimacy ; Orthodoxy and heresy -- Religion and society in the early Roman empire. The Roman social order ; Earliest Christianity and the Roman social order -- The success of Christianity. The problem of perspective ; External factors ; Internal factors ; Christianity and its competitors.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction. Theology and history in the study of early Christianity ; Religion and social world -- The end of time and the rise of community. Earliest Christianity as a millenarian movement ; Christian missions and the theory of cognitive dissonance ; The attainment of millennial bliss through myth : the book of Revelation -- The quest for legitimacy and consolidation. The question of legitimacy ; Orthodoxy and heresy -- Religion and society in the early Roman empire. The Roman social order ; Earliest Christianity and the Roman social order -- The success of Christianity. The problem of perspective ; External factors ; Internal factors ; Christianity and its competitors.

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