Handbook of early Christianity : social science approaches / [print]
edited by Anthony J. Blasi, Jean Duhaime and Paul-Andre Turcotte.
- Walnut Creek, California : AltaMira Press, (c)2002.
- xxvii, 802 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Social sciences studying formative Christian phenomena : a creative movement Major social scientific theories : origins, development, and contributions General methodological perspective Archaeological and architectural issues and the question of demographic and urban forms An illustration of historical inquiry : histories of Jesus and Matthew I.1-25 Literary source and redaction criticism Statistical textual analysis : a special technique Aspects of rhetorical analysis applied to New Testament texts Structuralism and symbolic universes : Second Temple Judaism and the early Christian movement Early Christianity as an unorganized ecumenical religious movement Jesus and Palestinian social protest : archaeological and literary perspectives Civilizational encounters in the development of early Christianity Early Christian culture as interaction "Becoming Christian" : solidifying Christian identity and content Sociological insights into the development of Christian leadership roles and community formation Establishing social distance between Christians and both Jews and pagans Connections with elites in the world of the early Christians Government and public law in Galilee, Judaea, Hellenistic cities, and the Roman Empire Persecution Vulnerable power : the Roman empire challenged by the early Christians The limits of ethnic categories The economy of first-century Palestine : state of the scholarly discussion Modes and relations of production What would you do for a living? / David A. Fiensy -- Conflicting bases of identity in early Christianity : the example of Paul Dread of the community : a psychoanalytical study of fratricidal conflict in the context of first-century Palestine Conversion in early Christianity David G. Horrell -- Paul-Andre Turcotte -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Carolyn Osiek -- Ritva H. Williams -- Steven L. Bridge -- Robert A. Wortham -- Ernst R. Wendland -- Peter Staples -- Frederick Bird -- Peter Richardson and Douglas Edwards -- Donald A. Nielsen -- Anthony J. Blasi -- David G. Horrell -- Howard Clark Kee -- Jack T. Sanders -- Philip A. Harland -- John W. Marshall and Russell Martin -- Harold Remus -- Warren Carter -- Nicola Denzey -- Philip A. Harland -- Dimitris J. Kyrtatas -- Nicholas H. Taylor -- Richard K. Fenn -- Jack T. Sanders.